Is rigth or wrong way to do truss rod adjustment on a vintage style instrument?
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IMENATOR
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Re: Is rigth or wrong way to do truss rod adjustment on a vintage style instrument?
I was talking about the move at 5:00
I was talking about the move at 5:00
Silence Kid
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Re: Is rigth or wrong way to do truss rod adjustment on a vintage style instrument?
I don't want to watch through the video but my guess is he's partly unscrewing the neck under tension and slipping it up to access the nut. I'd rather release the strings and remove the neck; among the obvious concerns you can also run into scenarios where the screws are a tight enough fit in the body the neck won't "pop up" (and forcing it can ruin things.)
I don't want to watch through the video but my guess is he's partly unscrewing the neck under tension and slipping it up to access the nut. I'd rather release the strings and remove the neck; among the obvious concerns you can also run into scenarios where the screws are a tight enough fit in the body the neck won't "pop up" (and forcing it can ruin things.)
Benjy_26
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Re: Is rigth or wrong way to do truss rod adjustment on a vintage style instrument?
It's not a GREAT way to do it, but if one uses care and common sense, that procedure should be ok.
It's not a GREAT way to do it, but if one uses care and common sense, that procedure should be ok.
hamerfan
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Re: Is rigth or wrong way to do truss rod adjustment on a vintage style instrument?
To loosen the neck screws while the strings are tuned, is recommended to get a optimized seating of the neck in the pocket. In some cases i managed to get a better sounding guitar this way. The strings pull the neck into the pocket and give stronger contact from wood to wood. Give it a try.
To loosen the neck screws while the strings are tuned, is recommended to get a optimized seating of the neck in the pocket. In some cases i managed to get a better sounding guitar this way. The strings pull the neck into the pocket and give stronger contact from wood to wood. Give it a try.
Silence Kid
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Re: Is rigth or wrong way to do truss rod adjustment on a vintage style instrument?
The above is actually indicated in old G&L manuals. Though their neck pockets are so tight it barely made a diff.
The above is actually indicated in old G&L manuals. Though their neck pockets are so tight it barely made a diff.
Kamanda~SD
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Re: Is rigth or wrong way to do truss rod adjustment on a vintage style instrument?
To be honest I'd never have thought of doing it that way, but hell, if Chris Flemming (let's not forget he was a master builder and has probably handled more vintage instruments then we've even seen in person) does it this way (and obviously with care) then I see no reason not to.
To be honest I'd never have thought of doing it that way, but hell, if Chris Flemming (let's not forget he was a master builder and has probably handled more vintage instruments then we've even seen in person) does it this way (and obviously with care) then I see no reason not to.
allbutromeo
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Re: Is rigth or wrong way to do truss rod adjustment on a vintage style instrument?
I never did it this way until I bought a Jackson Adrian Smith with the vintage style truss rod. It's much easier to take the neck off with tension on the strings than to retune a Floyd Rose from zero tension
I never did it this way until I bought a Jackson Adrian Smith with the vintage style truss rod. It's much easier to take the neck off with tension on the strings than to retune a Floyd Rose from zero tension
ItsaBass
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Re: Is rigth or wrong way to do truss rod adjustment on a vintage style instrument?
No problem at all doing it this way. It's quick and clean and gets the job done with little risk to anything. Far better than detuning and retuning the instrument!
That said, I usually find it unnecessary. You should be using narrow #1 or smaller screwdrivers to adjust vintage style truss rods, even though the truss nuts would seem to call for a #3 screwdriver based on the way they look. Using a #1 off center is the way to do it. Then the most you need to do is pull a pickguard (if that, even). FWIW, some of Fender's own original "vintage" instruction manuals state exactly this: use a screwdriver with a head no wider than 1/8".
No problem at all doing it this way. It's quick and clean and gets the job done with little risk to anything. Far better than detuning and retuning the instrument!
That said, I usually find it unnecessary. You should be using narrow #1 or smaller screwdrivers to adjust vintage style truss rods, even though the truss nuts would seem to call for a #3 screwdriver based on the way they look. Using a #1 off center is the way to do it. Then the most you need to do is pull a pickguard (if that, even). FWIW, some of Fender's own original "vintage" instruction manuals state exactly this: use a screwdriver with a head no wider than 1/8".
