Favorite truss rod. Hmmm
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FretFire
SingedFingerologist
Re: Favorite truss rod. Hmmm
Hmm, having a truss rod preference seems to be getting pretty nitty gritty :laugh2:. I suppose a double expanding rod is more stable (not as many "seasonal" adjustments) but I often wonder how much of a tonal difference it can make. I've heard a larger rod can brighten the tone some, but I've never really tested that theory enough to prove or debunk it.
Man... this post was chock full of innuendo... larger rods and whatnot :laugh2:.
Hmm, having a truss rod preference seems to be getting pretty nitty gritty :laugh2:. I suppose a double expanding rod is more stable (not as many "seasonal" adjustments) but I often wonder how much of a tonal difference it can make. I've heard a larger rod can brighten the tone some, but I've never really tested that theory enough to prove or debunk it.
Man... this post was chock full of innuendo... larger rods and whatnot :laugh2:.
SpiderVenom
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Re: Favorite truss rod. Hmmm
The idea of the double rod needing less seasonal adjustments is a big +1 for me. My lovely single rod I have right now is always changing, what with the schizophranic climate here.
The idea of the double rod needing less seasonal adjustments is a big +1 for me. My lovely single rod I have right now is always changing, what with the schizophranic climate here.
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theodie
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Re: Favorite truss rod. Hmmm
Double expanding with the adjustment like on Peavey wolfgangs!
Double expanding with the adjustment like on Peavey wolfgangs!
XSSIVE
OCDologist
Re: Favorite truss rod. Hmmm
i've learned my lesson. i like vintage single acting at the heel or headstock. i got 2 necks made with double acting and they're not bad but there is far too much metal in there IMO not enough wood left. i'm not lazy i can tweak the truss rod 2 times a year or whatever. i rather have better sound and more wood less metal so from now on i'm sticking with the old school single acting for my custom built necks.
-Mike
i've learned my lesson. i like vintage single acting at the heel or headstock. i got 2 necks made with double acting and they're not bad but there is far too much metal in there IMO not enough wood left. i'm not lazy i can tweak the truss rod 2 times a year or whatever. i rather have better sound and more wood less metal so from now on i'm sticking with the old school single acting for my custom built necks.
-Mike
Zerberus
Baron Von Shred
Re: Favorite truss rod. Hmmm
and once again "better" is preference, as we´re talking about tone.... "Steelier" or "less woody" or "crisper" would have been more fitting adjectives to describe what is unliked about the double expanding rods. THe extra mass contributing to sustain is something I´ll assume most won´t consider "bad" .....
BTW, if you don´t like DE rods because theres "nmot enough wood left" or similar, then I recommend that you stay far FAR away from prewar Martins with the large U-beam, even more so avaoid the current ones that have theat U-beam AND an adjusting rod...
I hate it when people say "it´s better" but have nothing but the word "better" describing the difference.. Essentially says "I Like it and you should too, btu I´m not gonna tell you why because I don´t hink you need to know..."
+1000big_black said:
and once again "better" is preference, as we´re talking about tone.... "Steelier" or "less woody" or "crisper" would have been more fitting adjectives to describe what is unliked about the double expanding rods. THe extra mass contributing to sustain is something I´ll assume most won´t consider "bad" .....
BTW, if you don´t like DE rods because theres "nmot enough wood left" or similar, then I recommend that you stay far FAR away from prewar Martins with the large U-beam, even more so avaoid the current ones that have theat U-beam AND an adjusting rod...
I hate it when people say "it´s better" but have nothing but the word "better" describing the difference.. Essentially says "I Like it and you should too, btu I´m not gonna tell you why because I don´t hink you need to know..."
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More-Gear-Than-Skill
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Re: Favorite truss rod. Hmmm
for ease sake, an uncovered, single action, tweak-n-go does fine for me.
for ease sake, an uncovered, single action, tweak-n-go does fine for me.
ParameterMan
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Re: Favorite truss rod. Hmmm
I had a Warmoth construction neck with double acting rod and thick fingerboard. It was heavy and dead- I could never feel any vibration in the neck, even holding the tip if the headstock. I don't know excactly what did it, but I'm trying a single next.
I had a Warmoth construction neck with double acting rod and thick fingerboard. It was heavy and dead- I could never feel any vibration in the neck, even holding the tip if the headstock. I don't know excactly what did it, but I'm trying a single next.
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theodie
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Re: Favorite truss rod. Hmmm
It could have been the wood itself (actually it probally was)! I have played necks with old school truss rods that were dead and I have played necks with DE rods and they are dead also! I have played both and have played good sounding ones also! Its the wood bro!!!! Some wood just sounds DEAD!!!
ParameterMan said:
It could have been the wood itself (actually it probally was)! I have played necks with old school truss rods that were dead and I have played necks with DE rods and they are dead also! I have played both and have played good sounding ones also! Its the wood bro!!!! Some wood just sounds DEAD!!!
ParameterMan
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Re: Favorite truss rod. Hmmm
Could be... I do like lighter necks, though.
Could be... I do like lighter necks, though.
Low_fidelity2100
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Re: Favorite truss rod. Hmmm
design doesn't matter to me, as long as I can adjust it at the headstock, and Preferably with an allen wrench.
Warmoth is makeing necks now with a "side adjust" for the truss rods. Its like a weird little thing on the side of the Neck down near the heel. So you don't have the head stock adjust, But ya don't have to take the neck off to make adjustments. It seems like a kool idea. But It also looks like they gotta remove alotta extra wood to put that little adjuster thing in, So I dunno. It seems like it might make the neck less stable. I dunno though. Its still an interesting Idea either way. Never used it though (and I never will).
design doesn't matter to me, as long as I can adjust it at the headstock, and Preferably with an allen wrench.
Warmoth is makeing necks now with a "side adjust" for the truss rods. Its like a weird little thing on the side of the Neck down near the heel. So you don't have the head stock adjust, But ya don't have to take the neck off to make adjustments. It seems like a kool idea. But It also looks like they gotta remove alotta extra wood to put that little adjuster thing in, So I dunno. It seems like it might make the neck less stable. I dunno though. Its still an interesting Idea either way. Never used it though (and I never will).
