Stramer Stage II neck timber out of position.

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Hi Guys,

I have just bought a streamer stage II through ebay, however I noticed something in the neck.
One of the timber layers, the most central one seems like 1mm out of position, like if it was moving outside.

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Since is a neck-through construction, part of the issues is on the neck, and part in the body.

It doesn't get much in the way to play, but it just feels weird, and every time I pick up the bass that thing there reminds me the bass is not perfect at the moment.

I was told by a repair man that this is normal to Streamers, that some of the timbers expand more than the others. Also he mentioned the solution is carving and re-shaping the volute.

What are your thoughts on this?
Have any of you been through this?
Is this something that needs to be fixed by sanding?

Thank you guys.
- Alisson
 
Hey Alisson, This is pretty much common for any unfinished, multi-laminate neck. Most importantly its a cosmetic one, onyl an issue if it bugs you, so there is no worry as to the ife or playability of your bass. If it bugs you too much, just get some very fine sand paper, and sand down the little ridge of raised wood, just gently go over the raised area to ring it back in line with the rest of the neck. then wax and re-wax the neck. It might take you all of 20 min. It might come back over time, but then a you need is another 20 min of sanding and waxing.
ALSO- reshaping/carving the volute will do nothing to reduce timbers of different moisture contents moving. it cant. if you do take too much timber off the volute you could significantly weaken the neck. so dont go there.
 
Hey,

Thanks for the updates.
2 questions I would have to follow up:

Is there any way to fix this without sanding?
Is there a way to prevent this from happening?

Again, thanks for sharing your experiences and for the valuable information.

- Alisson
 
Sanding it out is the only solution and sorry, really no way to stop it from happening.
 
The only basses that don't have this happen are either one piece neck basses, which aren't as stable as laminate necks, and ones with a full finish over them, which don't feel anywhere as nice as oiled timber. Oh and graphite neck basses.
Just think of it as periodic maintenance, like getting your frets re-crowned, or replacing jacks. Doesn't have to be very often, but it will happen just because the nature of the instrument.
 
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