I took a gamble and rolled the dice.

[DGW]

Good find! If you end up parting it out, I need a duck foot for my '66. Larry

[dubtrub]

I got the guitar today. It looks like a simple fix. I removed the trussrod for repair and have counter weights on the neck which should rectify the bow in about a week. I think it's going to be fine. It gives me time to clean all the grime and corrosion off and polish everything out. I don't think this guitar has ever been cleaned since the day it was built. It is one of the nastiest guitars I have ever worked on. But it appears to be untouched and all original except for someone trying to work on the trussrod. It weighs a ton.

BTW, it has foam rubber glued inside the bridge cover to help mute the strings. Is this original to a Mosrite bass or is this something added by an individual at a later date?

[MWaldorf]

Good news that it sounds repairable. Any pictures of the repair process? I'm curious how this weight procedure works.

[dubtrub]

Good news that it sounds repairable. Any pictures of the repair process? I'm curious how this weight procedure works.

Hopefully, the photo should be self explanatory.




................and hopefully it works.

[DGW]

I got the guitar today. It looks like a simple fix. I removed the trussrod for repair and have counter weights on the neck which should rectify the bow in about a week. I think it's going to be fine. It gives me time to clean all the grime and corrosion off and polish everything out. I don't think this guitar has ever been cleaned since the day it was built. It is one of the nastiest guitars I have ever worked on. But it appears to be 100% untouched and all original. It weighs a ton.

BTW, it has foam rubber glued inside the bridge cover to help mute the strings. Is this original to a Mosrite bass or is this something added by an individual at a later date?

Glad yours was a reasonably simple fix.

I think that the foam rubber is original. In the Vintage Mosrite book (Page 107), there's a shot of a bridge cover with foam on it. BTW, can I trouble you with some shots of the cover? Unless I'm able to find one for my '66, I'll probably have one made, and I'll need a "do like".

Larry

[MWaldorf]

Good news that it sounds repairable. Any pictures of the repair process? I'm curious how this weight procedure works.

Hopefully, the photo should be self explanatory.

Danny, I like the rig! I never would have imagined it could be a good idea to repair a guitar with a sledgehammer. So, besides the weight is there anything else to the process - heat, moisture, or is it just time?

[dubtrub]

Larry,

If you will pm your address I will make a trace drawing of the bridge cover identifying the bends and screw hole placement. BTW, the cover is made out of (what appears to be) 1/16" sheet brass chrome plated.

Mel,

I added and extra statement, 'I hope it works', to my above statement.

I'm hoping the hot sunshine in conjunction with the high humidity will do the trick. So far it seems like it's going to work. I repaired the truss rod and reinstalled it, tightening it down as much as possible then put it back in the 'rig'. If all goes the way 'I think' it's suppose to go, it should straighten a little each day allowing more adjustment turns to the nut.

[drbassman]

Since we've been talking truss rods in my thread, I was wondering what you had to repair on your truss rod here?

[dubtrub]

Since we've been talking truss rods in my thread, I was wondering what you had to repair on your truss rod here?

The adjusting nut edges were rounded off, requiring a new nut. I pushed it out the rear for repair. I found that the rod pieces had been misaligned when originally welded together, so I used the Dremel carbide grinder and cut through the old weld, realigned it and re brazed it.

[drbassman]

Since we've been talking truss rods in my thread, I was wondering what you had to repair on your truss rod here?

The adjusting nut edges were rounded off, requiring a new nut. Since I couldn't turn the nut but a couple of turns to loosen with out damaging the headstock, I pushed it out the rear for repair. I found that the rod pieces had been misaligned when originally welded together, so I used the Dremel carbide grinder and cut through the old weld, realigned it and re brazed it.

I hate to be so dense, but when you say "rod pieces" are you referring to rod and the extrenal sleeve? Man this is hard without actually seeing one of these assemblies!