[Song Association Game]

Just an observation - it looked like we're all a bunch of pyromaniacs for a moment there. Thanks Laaz for breaking that cycle!

[Song Association Game]

The Jester's Dance - In Flames

Slowly dancing in a burning room - John Mayer

[J200 action adjustment]

...and if my Grandma had wheels she'd be a wagon.

 

Allen is male and the allen screw is female let's call her Alice!. The Socket Wrench is female... let's call her Betty' date=' and the thing it screws is male... let's call him Bolt!! Allen screws Alice and Betty screws Bolt. Sometimes Bolt gets a little too stiff and needs some lube.

 

God I love lutherie!

 

~havin' a smoke~

 

 

Allen Wrench

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Socket Wrench

 

I stand corrected. The one I have in my kit has both (one at each end). My apologies.

 

As for the answer to my question, a higher arc top will have more projection and a relatively oboe like tone when compared to a flatter arched top, which will have less projection and a more flute like tibre. think of it as comparing the projection and bark a vintage Stromberg Master 400 or De Luxe (whose tops are consistently between 1 1/4 and 1 1/2 inches high) to the beautiful voice of a D'Anjelico New Yorker or Excel (whose soundboards are rarely much over 1 1/8th inches). You read it here first.

[J200 action adjustment]

Mark Lee' date=' you always make me chuckle.

 

Firstly, Gibson truss rods are adjusted using a 5/16" SOCKET, and secondly a phosphor bronze Allen Key would be about as much use as a chocolate fireguard-it'd be way too soft. In fact, I've never hear of Phos.Bronze being used for any kind of toolmaking (before I went full-time with music I was an industrial toolmaker in the Aerospace industry, and it was certainly never used there, or in the automotive sector, in which my Dad was a development engineer)

 

KSDaddy is a highly skilled and experienced professional luthier, and he was cross-questioning you because you were/are offering homespun advice about something that, if executed wrongly, could seriously damage someone's guitar.

 

Many people come to these forums for advice, and I would say that if you can't give it in a constructive way, with cogency and experience, then the best course of action is just to keep quiet.

 

Just my .02, of course. [/quote']

 

Well I suppose you can tell me the precise difference between the two? Be as technical as you can, I don't mind. I've never met the worlds foremost expert on the subject of hand tools that go under stress when used correctly. Here where I reside the two are synonymous. An allen key is exactly the same thing as a socket wrench. I'm not feeble minded; in fact, I'm a member of MENSA (and if in doubt I can prove it to you). Phosphor bronze will not torque or fatigue under the turning action, and it will not strip the truss rod, slowly causing wear over time. My brother is a watchmaker and and he uses phosphor bronze tools daily. They do indeed exist. I was not offering homespun advice, I was offering a legitimate piece of information that could help. besides, KSDaddy himself stated about the guitar in question "If the action is too high on his J200, then a good place to look is the truss rod relief, as that can have a drastic effect on string height"

 

Since KDSaddy is apparently so highly skilled, I would like to ask him, what is the difference in tone and projection between an acoustic archtop with a relatively flat soundboard when compared to an identically built archtop with a highly pronounced arch in its soundboard. I know the definitive answer; I spent time at Oxford studying the results.

[J200 action adjustment]

Just curious, what size allen key do you use to adjust the truss rod on your J200 and Advanced Jumbo? I know what I use to adjust mine.

 

If you know, why are you asking? If you must know, I use a 5/16 inch phosphor bronze allen key.

[J200 action adjustment]

Never mess with the truss rod unless you know it needs tweaking. It's to set neck relief and any changes in the action is secondary.

 

try telling that to Freddie Green. Besides, I'm sure there is a good reason they are called single or double ACTION truss rods.

[J200 action adjustment]

Theres a thing called the truss rod under the truss rod cover. give it a quarter turn clockwise with an allen key and se how much that helps. keep tinkering with it untill your action is to your likeing. Personally I like high action, around 1/8 inches. it makes already loud guitars (I also have a SJ-200, along with an Advanced Jumbo) even louder.