I have I believe a 1985(not sure of exact year) USA Dean Baby Z shrimp Fork I have had for about 20yrs that I am refinishing/rebuilding.
Well after having to do wood repairs and re-drilling holes I went ahead and just started setting everything up to test fitment until I get to the truss rod. It is an actual nut in the hole and not an allen. My tool box has several truss rod tools but none fit. I used a normal socket to see what size it was,3/8" or 10mm is what it came out to be.
Now my problem is I can adjust it with a normal socket with the strings of but with it being a shrimp fork headstock the strings pass right over the truss rod opening and then I cant get a socket in there without removing the strings altogether.Plus the socket is a tighter fit in than I would like. But my Jackson wrench fits into it nicely,just not the right size.
I have been searching all over the web and can not find a 3/8 or 10mm box truss wrench. Biggest I can find was an 8mm. I have truss wrenches for about everything.
Anyone have any ideas where to get one?
Do they even make one that size?
Im only saying this last part because I have gotten crap off refinishing this guitar because it was the original Pearl Burst.But I got bored and thought maybe I can save it. So far I have and cant wait to finish this.
Im only refinishing this because this was a pawnshop buy for $100 and whoever owned it decided to add a floating trem to a guitar with a strat style trem and made a big mess routing the recessed cavity and took off too much wood at the nut for the locking nut, thankfully they didnt touch the fret board just the little hump thats similar on strat necks. Plus the bridge nor cavity were even in the right location on the body. 24 3/4 scale but bridge was something like 26ish inches back,wouldnt intonate and sounded horrible.
I only bought this at the time because of what it had....Original Floyd Rose,a set of EMG 85 pups,Grover tuners and a hard case. Guitar itself sat in closet ever since.
Well after having to do wood repairs and re-drilling holes I went ahead and just started setting everything up to test fitment until I get to the truss rod. It is an actual nut in the hole and not an allen. My tool box has several truss rod tools but none fit. I used a normal socket to see what size it was,3/8" or 10mm is what it came out to be.
Now my problem is I can adjust it with a normal socket with the strings of but with it being a shrimp fork headstock the strings pass right over the truss rod opening and then I cant get a socket in there without removing the strings altogether.Plus the socket is a tighter fit in than I would like. But my Jackson wrench fits into it nicely,just not the right size.
I have been searching all over the web and can not find a 3/8 or 10mm box truss wrench. Biggest I can find was an 8mm. I have truss wrenches for about everything.
Anyone have any ideas where to get one?
Do they even make one that size?
Im only saying this last part because I have gotten crap off refinishing this guitar because it was the original Pearl Burst.But I got bored and thought maybe I can save it. So far I have and cant wait to finish this.
Im only refinishing this because this was a pawnshop buy for $100 and whoever owned it decided to add a floating trem to a guitar with a strat style trem and made a big mess routing the recessed cavity and took off too much wood at the nut for the locking nut, thankfully they didnt touch the fret board just the little hump thats similar on strat necks. Plus the bridge nor cavity were even in the right location on the body. 24 3/4 scale but bridge was something like 26ish inches back,wouldnt intonate and sounded horrible.
I only bought this at the time because of what it had....Original Floyd Rose,a set of EMG 85 pups,Grover tuners and a hard case. Guitar itself sat in closet ever since.
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