Pleking with different gauge strings?

[Reggaebass]

5 minutes ago, Nail Soup said:

I never knew about plekking before this thread… Am I the only one?

I didn’t before I bought a Sandberg 👍

[ped]

4 hours ago, Delberthot said:

So that probably means that most of us on the forum who change string tension/brand/roundwound/flatwound/tapewound with the weather are all screwed then and shouldn't bother 😀

 

I for one have never bought a bass and kept the same string gauge as was fitted. The closest I got was a bass fitted with EXL170 and I tend to use EXL165 when I'm using nickel roundwounds

No it just means you should adjust when you change, and definitely not have a Plek with the wrong strings fitted!

[FinnDave]

25 minutes ago, Reggaebass said:

I didn’t before I bought a Sandberg 👍

Same here

[Reggaebass]

Does anyone know how much it costs to have it done, also can it be done to a vintage jazz to get the action lower 

[ezbass]

35 minutes ago, Reggaebass said:

Does anyone know how much it costs to have it done, also can it be done to a vintage jazz to get the action lower 

Charlie Chandler is your best port of call for advice, I reckon https://ccgx.co.uk/plek/

[Reggaebass]

13 minutes ago, ezbass said:

Charlie Chandler is your best port of call for advice, I reckon https://ccgx.co.uk/plek/

Cheers ez 👍

[Dad3353]

The necks on my guitars and basses are stable enough to not change when changing strings. There's something to be said for having enough good wood in the neck's construction to hold the set-up, once done. Just sayin'. 

[Hellzero]

2 hours ago, Reggaebass said:

Does anyone know how much it costs to have it done, also can it be done to a vintage jazz to get the action lower 

Here's Plek official price list in German as the English one is not up to date at all : 

http://plekhaus.de/preise/

 

[Hellzero]

And I do check and adjust the intonation, action and neck relief (so the trussrod) after each strings change.

 

[FinnDave]

1 hour ago, Dad3353 said:

The necks on my guitars and basses are stable enough to not change when changing strings. There's something to be said for having enough good wood in the neck's construction to hold the set-up, once done. Just sayin'. 

The OP did specify strings of a different gauge, not just a routine like-for-like string change.

[ezbass]

2 hours ago, Dad3353 said:

The necks on my guitars and basses are stable enough to not change when changing strings. There's something to be said for having enough good wood in the neck's construction to hold the set-up, once done. Just sayin'. 

Some of mine never require adjustment, even when I restrung one of the E-C from B-G. Another one needs a tweak with the changing of the seasons (at least it did in my old house, things might be different now). Maybe the way forward is to go down the Vigier route and not have a truss rod at all. 

[pete.young]

3 hours ago, Hellzero said:

Here's Plek official price list in German as the English one is not up to date at all : 

http://plekhaus.de/preise/

 

200 Euros up. I've bought quite reasonable basses for less than that. I hope for that kind of money you can hear a difference.

[Munurmunuh]

If you change the string tension but then adjust the trussbar to match, why would the neck change?