Recent content by shadewind

I really doubt that my playing (or touching) affects the truss rod in any noticeable way. Maybe I just notice things that other people just disregard.

Heh... no offense taken. I doubt that there's a loose truss rod in every instrument I own so what I'm hearing must be something else. It's not really something which is audible when playing normally through an amp. I had the Fender Highway One bass taken to a local luthier once and he told me...

This is regardless of fretting. It's not fret buzz of any sort.

Things I've already checked: The nut The tuners The frets The bridge The electronics (pots and pickups and all) The strap knobs (they're solidly screwed on)

Warmoth, slim taper, P-bass, maple.

It might have been unclear but the sound clips were recorde with a microphone so what you're hearing is the acoustic sound of the bass. It's not all as pronounced through an amp, there you can barely hear it.

I recorded a little clip of the noise. I pluck the A string at a number of frets first and then the E string. The noise is only present on fretted notes and is more pronounced when I pluck close to the bridge. You can perhaps hear some fret buzzing as well but disregard that and listen for the...

I could record the sound in my studio if that is of any help.

I'm sure it's not fret buzz because I do know what that sounds like. This sounds more muffled.

I assembled my Warmoth bass a couple of weeks ago and I'm very satisfied. But today I noticed that that there is a slight buzzing sound coming from the neck when playing on some frets, especially those on the A string. I'm guessing this is some kind of truss rod buzz. The thing is, this noise is...