truss rod adjustment
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Ha, I always have to think about it forever before I actually turn the wrench too!
I do believe it's turn left (Counterclockwise) to cure a backbow, and right (clockwise) for a forward bow.
That's as simple as I can make it.
but for the sake of God... TURN SLOW!! Don't go cranking that truss rod everywhere.
I do believe it's turn left (Counterclockwise) to cure a backbow, and right (clockwise) for a forward bow.
That's as simple as I can make it.
but for the sake of God... TURN SLOW!! Don't go cranking that truss rod everywhere.
okay here it is super simple.
1. string it up and play it for a couple days, let everything get settled.
2. capo 1, finger on high E highest fret, stick the leftover end piece of a .010 string between the top of the 7th fret (6,8, whatever) and the string. The gap should be just that size - tiny but there. Forget that video.
3. It'll probably be too much relief rather than not enough. I've had to tighten each of my warmoth necks.
4. SO, detune a bit. turn your truss rod adjuster maybe 1/4 turn clockwise. tune it back up. let it sit for an hour. check it again, if may look the same, may be a touch straighter.
5. repeat as needed. My most recent build needed about 3/4 turn on the rod. You can mark the rod position with a crayon or something if you like, just for reference.
6. never force the rod, it may feel firm but should be too hard to turn. you're very unlikely to break anything following these directions.
1. string it up and play it for a couple days, let everything get settled.
2. capo 1, finger on high E highest fret, stick the leftover end piece of a .010 string between the top of the 7th fret (6,8, whatever) and the string. The gap should be just that size - tiny but there. Forget that video.
3. It'll probably be too much relief rather than not enough. I've had to tighten each of my warmoth necks.
4. SO, detune a bit. turn your truss rod adjuster maybe 1/4 turn clockwise. tune it back up. let it sit for an hour. check it again, if may look the same, may be a touch straighter.
5. repeat as needed. My most recent build needed about 3/4 turn on the rod. You can mark the rod position with a crayon or something if you like, just for reference.
6. never force the rod, it may feel firm but should be too hard to turn. you're very unlikely to break anything following these directions.
This is the best thread ever. Newlyweds are always so hopeful. Before you know it she's complaining about all the guitars you have, and how much you look at guitar stuff on the web and on the pot. Then comes the real kicker...kids. I love my kids to death but they really put a crimping on your playing time. All I've got to say is that you better f'n buckle up for the ride. First your wallet and then your soul. And by the way, in the amount of time you've spent looking at this thread you could have just taken your build to a tech and had the truss adjusted. That means you could be rocking out with your new bundle of Warmoth joy right now. The guy at the local shop here adjusted mine (it was super close right out of the box) for free and was really helpful at showing me what to look for, something that was great because I can't learn stuff like that from reading message board posts and such. Real time answers to my ?'s are always great too!
I know amps are better than women, they never mind when you play with another amp, never complain when you rest a beer on top of em, and dont even mind riding in the trunk when you want your guitar in the front seat with you. Plus, the knobs on the amp actually do something.....
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My wife let's me rest my beer on top of her...
I've been married for almost 7 years (will be 7 in June), have a 5 year old son and a 1 2/3 year old daughter. I can say unequivocally that marrying my wife was the best thing I ever did. My life is far happier with her and the kids than it ever was, or could have been, with out her. Still, that doesn't mean she isn't bat shit crazy 
She is a woman after all. Expecting logic from a Woman is like expecting it to start raining fishes. I just realize that her idiosyncrasies balance my idiosyncrasies out to a point where we both operate as full sane individuals - mostly.
She is a woman after all. Expecting logic from a Woman is like expecting it to start raining fishes. I just realize that her idiosyncrasies balance my idiosyncrasies out to a point where we both operate as full sane individuals - mostly. Similar threads
