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Ford on this particular metric other than his statement that you can't hurt much if you're careful.ĭo have a question: One guitar, a new one, seems to require more truss rod tightening than it should. Not one of them has had too little relief and required the truss rod to be loosened.ġ/4 turn is a number I've seen on several sites. New guitars and guitars that have been un-played in their cases for some years have been it for me recently. That would alarm me if I had a guitar that I only ever tightened the TRod!!Don't know about seasonal and would certainly defer to you guys. I use some very thick silicone grease - a truly miniscule amount. I would use a tiny amount of grease in favor of oil I suppose. I definitely suggest taking Frank Ford's good advice and removing the nut and lubing the threads.
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Tightening the truss rod can feel quite stiff, so much so that it can be hard to tell "kinda stiff" from "fixin' to die stiff". If I may add while we are on the subject: The hard part I suppose was knowing to not keep driving the truss rod nut once it was clear that it was having no effect. This sounds like a big deal, but was really faster/easier than a fret job.
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So out with the inlay, excavate through the FB, re-build the maple surfaces against which the truss rod nut is supposed to bear (but were to small and eventually damaged in this case), then fix the whole mess and put in a new block o' MOP - and we were back in business. So you could tighten as long as you wanted - but presumably the maple neck would eventually be driven asunder by events.įortunately this guitar (a really fine Verythin JS) had a block inlay at the first fret.
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Last one of these that I encountered was a modern Hofner where the metal surface behind the truss rod nut was being driven down into the neck.
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That would alarm me if I had a guitar that I only ever tightened the TRod!!
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