[quote name='drTStingray' timestamp='1360018429' post='1963760']
Nurze - this problem is not typical of Musicman basses in my experience.
Internet diagnosis is hit and miss at the best of times and something beloved of forums but often not very helpful.
You haven't been very forthcoming with info about this bass - on the Musicman forum you suggest you've been using it for several years - just how old is it? Do you have a DOB for it - if you don't, you can get it from the Musicman forum. How old was it when you bought it? Did it get a whole lot worse in that recent serious cold spell in mainland Europe?
I'm not suggesting you or any previous owner has doen anything wrong with this bass, but just as a for example, a friend of mine put his prized Gretch, in its case, under a table behind which was, unbeknown to him, a radiator on full power - which nigh on bolied the case with guitar in it over the next hour or so before he came to use it. How do Musicman not know you haven't done something similar, or worse still, the truss rod has got damaged through improper use etc.
As people have said, probably best to take their offer - or alternatively have a dealer take it in for repair and let them get the neck replaced - and give you a report on what the problem was - that way you may be able to persuade EBMM customer service to refund some of the cost if it really does turn out to be a manufacturing fault. I do understand how you feel though being remote from the manufacturer - not a good feeling.
And come on guys, this having a pop at EBMM is really not helpful in this thread - everyone knows that EBMM have banned some members of this forum and Talkbass before now, arguably for behaving like jerks on the manufacturers forum.
Nurze, I think you are better off dealing with this matter and coming back and telling the story. At the moment there's precious little hard info in the thread - a load of internet diagnosis (which is very entertaining) and a one exchange with EBMM customer service (afte rthe thread has been running for a week or two).
I will tell you that I have contacted EBMM customer services several times by internet and they have always been very courteous and replied within a day or two - so I'm not sure why your response has been different.
Best of luck with it anyway.
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I'm going to take this advice and come back later.
Thank you.
i'm going t contact the local importer tomorrow :-)