Re: 4/5 string bass

[Andreas Wetterberg <awetterberg@post.cybercity.dk>]

Exactly, that's pretty much what I meant - I *might* be able to adjust 
the truss-rod myself ( I think it's truss-rod*S* on this bass, though), 
but narrowing the nut-slots usually means getting a new one put in, 
glued and filed, if I recall correctly. That means taking the bass to 
the shop-> a lot more expensive.

andreas.

ditch wrestler wrote:
> There might be several things that would need to be adjusted when going 
> for string tuning or guages that the bass wasn't set-up for.  The main 
> two are
>  
> - truss rod as different tunings will put the neck under different 
>tension
> - the slots in the nut may need to be widened or narrowed depending on 
> the diameter of the strings
>  
>  
> ted harms.
> 
> 
> */Andreas Wetterberg <awetterberg@post.cybercity.dk>/* wrote:
> 
>     Charlie, I currently use my regularly tuned 6-string, and I'm quite
>     clueless to these weird tunings- are the F strings readily available?
>     hell, is it just a guitar-string? ;) Also, I'd need to have 
>alterations
>     made in a shop, right?
> 
>     Andreas
> 
> 
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