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Taking neck off for a while - loosen truss rod?

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I'm going to eBay a body I've got, and when it's sold, buy a Warmoth one. However long this takes, the neck will be off the body. Do I need to loosen the truss rod while it's off? I'd say it's going to be a month at least.
 
If it hasn't got strings pulling it the other direction, absolutely slack the trussrod.  Tighten back up just before stringing it back up when it finds a new home.
 
OK, so....

What if I have a neck that abruptly lost its tension before I had an opportunity to loosen the truss rod (see www.unofficialwarmoth.com/index.php?topic=15479.0).  It's been a couple of years.  Should I:
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[*]Go back and loosen the truss rod?
[*]Leave it as is?
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I agree. I wouldn't worry about it for that short a period of time, either. It's a blink in a neck's life. If seasoned wood had that much memory, truss rods wouldn't work at all. But, you can take a neck that's been strung up for years and flatten it out by tightening or add relief by relaxing the truss rod.
 
What type of neck is the OP referring to  :dontknow:

As I had the impression that ....
a Warmoth Pro with the Heel and Side adjust, was best if Not in use, to loosen it.
(got no idea where I got that thou)  :doh:

A Vintage style neck .... Got no idea either.
But ...
Wouldn't it be best to loosen at least a little.
Rather than having to over tighten later on in it's life.  :dontknow:

Just a thought  :toothy11:
 
Every neck I've ever had trouble adjusting (not counting broken truss rods) has had the same problem - it wouldn't relieve. Tightening things up to reduce relief has always worked. Not that they can't fail the other way, I just haven't seen it. So, actually, that's an argument to relax the thing. But, I stil wouldn't worry about it.

Although, really, what's the big deal? Relaxing it certainly won't hurt anything. A quarter to half-turn counter-clockwise, and the deed is done. You're almost certainly going to have to adjust it either way once re-installed, so it's not like leaving it the way it is will save any setup time.
 
Cagey said:
Every neck I've ever had trouble adjusting (not counting broken truss rods) has had the same problem - it wouldn't relieve. Tightening things up to reduce relief has always worked. Not that they can't fail the other way, I just haven't seen it. So, actually, that's an argument to relax the thing. But, I stil wouldn't worry about it.

Although, really, what's the big deal? Relaxing it certainly won't hurt anything. A quarter to half-turn counter-clockwise, and the deed is done. You're almost certainly going to have to adjust it either way once re-installed, so it's not like leaving it the way it is will save any setup time.

+1
 
Cagey said:
I agree. I wouldn't worry about it for that short a period of time, either. It's a blink in a neck's life. If seasoned wood had that much memory, truss rods wouldn't work at all. But, you can take a neck that's been strung up for years and flatten it out by tightening or add relief by relaxing the truss rod.
+1. Letting it relax naturally without string tension for that period of time will let you know which way it actually needs to be adjusted, if at all. I find doing setups that most people screw with the truss rod unnecessarily. If you're not the original owner, you'll usually find it's too tight.
 
Mine is still as Cagey left it 6 weeks ago and will probablynot see any tension for another 4 weeks or so whilst I wait for my custom neck plate to be made by Doug.
 
Cool. I'll give it a quarter turn. It's an American Standard Strat neck from 2001. I've had it since new, and it's had one pro setup since then.
 
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