My first post here.
I have seen a few posters here saying that some of their strings make a farting noise. I have the same problem - an unacceptable farting noise on all strings up to the 5th fret. I bought an Ashbory second hand on Ebay quite cheap and didn't appreciate that I had a problem for a few days, so now have to deal with it. I have established that the neck is bent back very slightly by 1 or 2mm from the 5th fret which is causing all the strings to vibrate against the fretboard up to the 5th fret. What I am going to try and do is progressively and gently stress bend the neck forward from the 5th fret to the nut with G clamps against the straight edge of my workbench under heat for a week or so. May not work, or I may split the neck, but as things stand the bass is unusable, except if I use a capo at the 5th fret. Would be extremely grateful if anyone has any comments or suggestions. I may post photos of the process to help others with a similar problem (if it works!), or I may have a few bits from a broken Ashbory up for sale here shortly.....
