Re: Creating Upbow on a Backbowed Neck
Any time you need to do drastic changes in neck relief you need to first clamp the neck. Then tighten the rod (unless it’s already slack)
Don’t rely on the truss rod. It’s purpose is to keep the neck where you set it. But if you try to use the truss rod to make big moves you can cause damage. I’ve seen rods snap and fretboards become unglued.
Also it sometimes takes a few days for the beck to settle in. As Dan said in the video, a neck that has been pulled too much the wrong way sets that way. You have to coax it back.
You see this a lot when a neck needed adjustment but never got it, and the owner just left the action a mile high. Or in the other extreme a neck that sat for extended periods of time with no strings, and with tension on the rod.
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Any time you need to do drastic changes in neck relief you need to first clamp the neck. Then tighten the rod (unless it’s already slack)
Don’t rely on the truss rod. It’s purpose is to keep the neck where you set it. But if you try to use the truss rod to make big moves you can cause damage. I’ve seen rods snap and fretboards become unglued.
Also it sometimes takes a few days for the beck to settle in. As Dan said in the video, a neck that has been pulled too much the wrong way sets that way. You have to coax it back.
You see this a lot when a neck needed adjustment but never got it, and the owner just left the action a mile high. Or in the other extreme a neck that sat for extended periods of time with no strings, and with tension on the rod.
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