FatDrunkStupid

Thanks guys. Found a local luthier with an excellent reputation who mentioned the Stu-Mac tool (I'd never heard of them before) who's going to take a look and do a proper setup for me while he's at it. And even after all I've said on here previously and even though the G&L is a lovely bass I find myself wanting another Jazz. If I could sneak a Squire VM under the radar I can keep the G&L for recording...

I recently purchased a (new) G&L M2000. Great sounding bass but the action's very high from the factory. After the usual checking and measuring I attempted to tighten the truss road slightly - it seemed extremely stiff (maybe maxxed out already?). After applying more pressure than felt appropriate (but I carried on anyway...) the allan key seemed to turn. I should've stopped there and then but nope, the key suddenly turned and now I have a truss rod nut with a rounded head. Bugger. Totally my own fault and I feel like a fool. Question is, what now? How badly screwed(!) am I? How common is it for truss rods to be fully tightened from the factory - seems like a QA failure.

Holy thread resurrection! It's taken a while but after trying what feels like a million different instruments including a few that were way out of my price range (just for comparison purposes), I've finally bought a G&L M2000 GTS. Feels great, sounds great. Just wanted to close this one down and thank everyone once more for all the suggestions. I know the M2000 doesn't satisfy ANY of the criteria I outlined in my original post but I guess the lesson to be learned is that you shouldn't limit yourself to what you [i]think[/i] you need...

Thanks for the tip on the G&Ls - I never really considered them because of the close pickup spacing on most models and the fact that the neck pickup is a long way from the neck. How does this affect the bottom end? I guess I need to try one. The reason the Rithmic is top of my list is because I've heard nothing but good things about them and it looks like the kind of thing I'm after in terms of scale, pickup configuration and string spacing (not that that means a lot, I know and I've yet to play one myself). Thanks for all the advice, keep it coming!

Hi inmates. I hope that this isn't one of "those" posts. Apologies in advance if it is but I did do due lurking dilligence, honest. I'm an ex-semi-pro bassist (did music college, sessions, pit work etc.) who was forced to join the rat race and sell most of my gear for the usual reasons. 25 years later I want to get back into playing and am fortunate to be able to afford some decent gear. Apart from a brief fliration with Yamahas I've always been a jazz bass guy and I guess I still am although due to a bout of middle-aged contrarian-ism I don't want another Fender or Fender-alike although I do want a 4 string with a jazz-style passive, dual pickup configuration and correspondingly simple controls. These are not "musts" but my starting point. So my short list currently is:[list] [*]Cort Rithmic (Jeff Berlin) [*]PRS SE Kingfisher [*]Chapman MLB-1 [*]?? [/list] What other instruments should I be looking at? I'll mostly be doing home recording and small club gigs so I've pretty much decided on a Mark Bass 300 combo but are open to suggestions in this area as well. All advice and/or personal abuse welcomed!