How often does a TRUSSROD require adjustment?
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Re: How often does a TRUSSROD require adjustment?
I only adjust mine when I develop a buzz due to the neck being off. I don't consider truss rod adjustment part of a regular plan. I have heard a few people say that their truss rod gets loose and rattles...I guess I would just snug it up at that time. I have never had a plan like once a year or anything. Like the old saying goes..."If it isn't broken, don't fix it." That is just me.....
-dave
I only adjust mine when I develop a buzz due to the neck being off. I don't consider truss rod adjustment part of a regular plan. I have heard a few people say that their truss rod gets loose and rattles...I guess I would just snug it up at that time. I have never had a plan like once a year or anything. Like the old saying goes..."If it isn't broken, don't fix it." That is just me.....
-dave
The Golden Boy
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Sprinter
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Re: How often does a TRUSSROD require adjustment?
In my part of the country (midwest) humidity levels have a big affect on necks. The wood in the neck will swell a little bit in the summer when the humidity levels are high. In the winter they dry out. It's amazing how much a little moisture or lack of can change a neck. Typically truss rod ajustments are a twice a year event for me.
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In my part of the country (midwest) humidity levels have a big affect on necks. The wood in the neck will swell a little bit in the summer when the humidity levels are high. In the winter they dry out. It's amazing how much a little moisture or lack of can change a neck. Typically truss rod ajustments are a twice a year event for me.
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ibanezrocks
HardtailPisser
Re: How often does a TRUSSROD require adjustment?
Once or twice a year. Almost always at the beginning of summer, and sometimes at the beginning of winter. It usually doesn't take much to get rid of whatever buzz developed, probably between a quarter and a half turn.
Once or twice a year. Almost always at the beginning of summer, and sometimes at the beginning of winter. It usually doesn't take much to get rid of whatever buzz developed, probably between a quarter and a half turn.
the guy who invented fire
Fuzzy. Guitars
Re: How often does a TRUSSROD require adjustment?
Most of these answers are BS...
It all depends on your situation AND the guitar...I've got guiars that get adjusted several times a year and I have 2 that I've never touched, one of them I've had for well over 10 years now and I've never even so much as pulled the truss rod cover off...
The correct answer is that a truss rod needs adjustment when it needs it...
Most of these answers are BS...
It all depends on your situation AND the guitar...I've got guiars that get adjusted several times a year and I have 2 that I've never touched, one of them I've had for well over 10 years now and I've never even so much as pulled the truss rod cover off...
The correct answer is that a truss rod needs adjustment when it needs it...
LtKojak
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Re: How often does a TRUSSROD require adjustment?
+ 1
I haven't touched mine in two-and-a-half years and it doesn't need to be touched today.
When I see that the relief changes or it gets a backbow causing buzz, then I'll give it a whirl... otherwise not.
HTH,
Pepe aka Lt. Kojak
Milano, Italy
+ 1
I haven't touched mine in two-and-a-half years and it doesn't need to be touched today.
When I see that the relief changes or it gets a backbow causing buzz, then I'll give it a whirl... otherwise not.
HTH,
Pepe aka Lt. Kojak
Milano, Italy
baritone
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Re: How often does a TRUSSROD require adjustment?
kind of like the reason everyone has different answers
I mess with the truss rod once every few years.
kind of like the reason everyone has different answers
I mess with the truss rod once every few years.
Stratman
Guitaris Maximus
Re: How often does a TRUSSROD require adjustment?
I have a 1990's era G&L legacy special that I never had to adjust, until I moved to Hong Kong.
Now it has been adjusted twice, because of the moisture and heat.
I have a 1990's era G&L legacy special that I never had to adjust, until I moved to Hong Kong.
Now it has been adjusted twice, because of the moisture and heat.
vinterland
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Re: How often does a TRUSSROD require adjustment?
Just cause a guitar has a thick neck doesn't mean a thing in terms of stability.
Just cause a guitar has a thick neck doesn't mean a thing in terms of stability.
ibanezrocks
HardtailPisser
Re: How often does a TRUSSROD require adjustment?
Have you ever been inside a house when its -40 outside for a large chunk of the year? It gets really dry. Like I said, I do minor tweaks to compensate for that, not anything huge, but it definitely needs to be done unless I want really high action to avoid buzzing the other part of the year.
Have you ever been inside a house when its -40 outside for a large chunk of the year? It gets really dry. Like I said, I do minor tweaks to compensate for that, not anything huge, but it definitely needs to be done unless I want really high action to avoid buzzing the other part of the year.
Re: How often does a TRUSSROD require adjustment?
the one i seemt o have to adjust a lot is a imported Jackson... i have no idea why but that paper thin neck is always moving..... My 1995 Warmoth neck i've never touched!!! makes me wonder if i should loosen it and oil it someday soon... 13 years and never has been adjusted!!!! Warmoth could use that as a sales pitch
the one i seemt o have to adjust a lot is a imported Jackson... i have no idea why but that paper thin neck is always moving..... My 1995 Warmoth neck i've never touched!!! makes me wonder if i should loosen it and oil it someday soon... 13 years and never has been adjusted!!!! Warmoth could use that as a sales pitch
vinterland
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Re: How often does a TRUSSROD require adjustment?
In that same account my SL-1 has only been adjusted once in the 4 years I've had it. It's different with every guitar.
In that same account my SL-1 has only been adjusted once in the 4 years I've had it. It's different with every guitar.
