One corner of the wood is lifted by about 1/4"-3/8". I happened to put the neck board down on my tablesaw and noticed that there is a twist. Can that be the cause. Those things don't come cheap! Necks don’t tend to twist on their own; there had to be some opposing force working on the wood to cause the problem. B. (Hits, or tunes that are not famous) Thanks? When changing strings, you should do them indiviually. Since they were loosened as much as it sounds like they were, the neck warped. Your safest best bet is to get another straight piece of wood for this one and use that one for your next build if it doesn't move any more after you've flattened out. Without some mechanical force holding it straight it will twist again at some point. How do you think about the answers? If the neck is twisted its probably not from the strings they are meant to be loosened and tightened. Best make that call sooner rather than later. This doesn't sound right from what ice read and heard. The question is whether it is done twisting. R&P- What is a song that takes you back to your carefree days in the schoolyard? Galaga_Mike, November 13, 2015 in Solidbody Guitar and Bass Chat. Oh and screwing with the truss rod could bend it too. Now he swears up and down that the loosening on the strings caused the neck to become twisted. So my friend has a bass and one of his room mates played a prank on him and loosened all his strings on his bass. FYI, it's a bolt on neck so I could recover later, but I don't want to invest time fretting and shaping the neck if it's going to be worthless. Ideally, the grain of the neck should be perpendicular to the fretboard. If its left long enough and has some temp changes. It could easily cause you to make an unserviceable neck which has chewed up a bunch of time and money you can't recover. More than likely, the neck was left standing out of the case or it has been dropped. If you had a pile of things on top of your case, or your guitar was shoved under your low hung bed, you may want to reconsider where you keep your instrument. If it were a blank or rough lumber, you could feasibly rip it for laminates and see how they move. Can that be the cause. Your friend is screwed. A few months later the guitar’s neck was twisted about 10 degrees from the peghead to the body. What are some good, happy, mid-tempo classic rock songs? Jul 23, 2017 #5 Thanks in advance for the advice. Ive seen guitars come out of a hot florida car in a case and opened in an air conditioned music store and u can hear the neck!! Some necks use multiple pieces of wood with opposing grain to counter any twisting force. This may have been caused by heat, humidity, time and the natural pressure exerted on the neck by your strings, or other factors. Classic/soft rock songs about a woman who leaves her abuser? If he let it lean against something or allowed some sort of weight to apply pressure on the neck for a while it could have warped. C. Plane it straight with my router sled setup. I happened to put the neck board down on my tablesaw and noticed that there is a twist. The strings of a guitar exert considerable tension than cause curvatures or twisting to the neck of the instrument. But for your guitar to sound the way it's intended, you'll need to have its neck straightened. ** Current Guitar Of The Month contest **, Voting for November's Guitar of the Month competition is now open. Building my 5th or 6th guitar, and I have the truss slot cut on my neck ready to glue on the fret board. This doesn't sound right from what ice read and heard. Having this done professionally can cost up to $800, if not more. Why is the sexy image / persona important for female musicians if men don't typically consume women's music .