RedEarth

Thank you 🙏🏽

Hi you mentioned the neck problem you had on your Mike Dirnt? I recently have got one and seems I have the same problem in every time I adjust the truss Rod it’s straight until I start to re tune and then the backbow problem?? How did you adjust your truss and put pressure on the neck at the same time ? I love the sound and my neck and headstock has a flamed effect on both headstock and neck so I don’t really want to get a new one if can be helped? If it is truss Rod I think you can renew them too ? Help and advice would be great . I know this is a old post too 🙏🏽

Thank you for your advice and I will call Martin. I haven’t had chance to play or look at the Ultra since it was re amped . I no way am I knocking or saying Martin is less than competent & I’m quite sure he is a master builder etc . That’s why I chose the gallery to do this work on my bass . I did go back shortly after as I was getting a shock and a hum off my bass & took it back to discover it could of been carpet static since plus a socket that has a air purifier switched in . They were correct. Again I don’t fault they are in anyway masters at their work and I will call to resolve the issue 🙏🏽

Before I had the pre amp fitted I spoke to Martin and asked about the concentric control knob being a official “ Sadowsky” control knob and he reassured me it was , he fitted it very quickly which was great but meanwhile I had done the session in hand and didn’t really take much notice of the bass. He set it up great and was very pleasant to speak with . But on seeing other Sadowsky pre amp to fender conversions i then realised that something was wrong with my fit . I was supplied by Martin with the wrong Allen key also and had to order one from the net which was very cheap so that was no problem. I then unscrewed the two grub screws which are on the side of the concentric knob. I did this to see if I could lower it and not only could I not lower them the concentric is taller than than the others . This is not how a Sadowsky pre amp with TC is . Martin did explain before he fitted that he had one older pre amp in stock but would have to order or find a official concentric Sadowsky control. Once he had fitted and finished I had a brief conversation and again asked him “ you managed to get a Sadowsky concentric control etc and he said yes and that was that . I drove to the shop to pick my bass up and it was a rush as I had to leave as I only get limited time to come to London as I look after my wife who has chemo every two weeks and the visit to the gallery was a quick one ! Please don’t get me wrong they are all very pleasant and helpful, but in terms of fitting my bass with the Sadowsky pre amp was partly my fault for not checking and I’m possibly gone past being able to rectify it ? I’m going to check again and take photo and upload and you can tell me ? I could be wrong I’m not perfect 🙏🏽

I did notice but presumed it was a correct fit ,I will take a photo and up load

I did have my fender Ultra set up by Martin and a Sadowsky pre amp fitted. The bass& treble controls do not match or properly or fit so I’m told by a few people that have had a pre amp fitted ! & when I had a closer look recently the concentric controls stand proud of the body and are a very poor fit ! I was told that the concentric controls that Martin fitted are not correct for this pre amp and should not of been fitted this way ! I’m not happy but I didn’t check closely until recently .