mirrorboy Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 The fabled manual (just a piece of paper really) says you must take the guitar to a qualified technician for truss rod adjustment. Not sure why they sometimes give you an alien key. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Marlowe Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 The fabled manual (just a piece of paper really) says you must take the guitar to a qualified technician for truss rod adjustment. Not sure why they sometimes give you an alien key. GC helpfully supplied me with the wrong trust rod wrench. Luckily it's just a 4mm allen head truss rod in my Epi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacealf Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 You have to coax that guitar neck. And move your hand up and down the neck, while saying 'lovely guitar neck' while caressing it gently up and down the neck and loving the guitar neck before working on the guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mirrorboy Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 I put my 339 neck over my knee and gave it a good push, and it's fine now. Treat 'em mean and keep 'em keen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
semi-hollowbody Posted April 16, 2014 Author Share Posted April 16, 2014 Well, tightened it as far as I could counterclockwise couple days later I was able to manage another 1/8th turn and now the buzz is completely gone and there is just the most tiny bit of relief lol...cant get a pick under there but can here the string clank on the fret when i press down at 5th-7th fret...before there was no clank, when the first was capoed and the 14th fretted, the string was on the frets so wait another few days and give her another 1/8 turn and i should be good tried pushing the neck as well didnt seem to do anything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinTheHood Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Where are you located? If you live in an area that is currently humid & hot, you might try bringing the guitar into an air conditioned room for a couple days first. If there is any humidity expanding the wood, it will be hard to turn that truss rod. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
semi-hollowbody Posted April 16, 2014 Author Share Posted April 16, 2014 Where are you located? If you live in an area that is currently humid & hot, you might try bringing the guitar into an air conditioned room for a couple days first. If there is any humidity expanding the wood, it will be hard to turn that truss rod. I am in southeast michigan. Bought the guitar a month ago, 20 degrees, snow on the ground NOW its warming up, had a few 70 degree days (yesterday and today its back to 30's and it snowed yesterday) I keep guitars in basement, so even when its cold out or a/c is on, its still a bit damp considering its a basement...maybe I should move guitar upstairs for a few days and see if that helps?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinTheHood Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Nah, I doubt thats the problem. Its usually heat + humidity that binds them up, if at all. Its not damp enough this time of year to cause that...even in a basement. I would probably take it to a local guitar shop that does adjustments and repairs and see if they can sort it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitmore Willy Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 If it doesn't work because of a defective part....it should be covered by warranty. Call customer service. I emailed customer service and got a reply in like 10 minutes (I was impressed) and they gave me a few local dealers that do warrenty work ( NOT guitar center)...told me to take copy of receipt which I have... I would probably take it to a local guitar shop that does adjustments and repairs and see if they can sort it out. Well, that's two votes.....Otherwise, good luck. Glad to see you are making progress. The actual deflection should be effortlessly reached around .010". What is the measurement after your latest adjustment? Willy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
semi-hollowbody Posted April 23, 2014 Author Share Posted April 23, 2014 Ive been tweaking this every few days...mostly 1/8 turns and have finally gotten relief...was even able to lower the action back to what I consider "low action" lol and with a final 1/8th turn monday night, there is relief and NO buzz at all...even when I slam the strings... I did take the advice and tried to bend the neck a bit forward by hand every time I adjusted the truss, maybe that did the trick, or maybe it finally acclamated to the temp/humidity in my basement... very happy i was able to get this where i wanted it without paying for a fix or waiting weeks for warranty work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidblast Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 WINNING!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinTheHood Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 Ive been tweaking this every few days...mostly 1/8 turns and have finally gotten relief...was even able to lower the action back to what I consider "low action" lol and with a final 1/8th turn monday night, there is relief and NO buzz at all...even when I slam the strings... I did take the advice and tried to bend the neck a bit forward by hand every time I adjusted the truss, maybe that did the trick, or maybe it finally acclamated to the temp/humidity in my basement... very happy i was able to get this where i wanted it without paying for a fix or waiting weeks for warranty work Good to hear! Like I said before, when the guy at GC initially adjusted my truss rod, he was pulling on the neck with quite a bit of force. More force than I would have ever thought to apply to a guitar neck. Its a good thing you did this over an extended period of time, too. Forcing a truss rod can be bad news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vomer Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olie Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 If you are starring down the neck from the TOP of the head stock... should go like-a this-a Righty Tighty Lefty Loosey.. It may seem obvious at first but it was a revelation to me that you had to be standing looking down the neck of the guitar and THEN you could turn "righty-tighty".I thought you turned it right as you faced the durn thing! That's bass akwards.The devil's in the details,"kidblast". Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merciful-evans Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Always good to see a happy ending. I posted about my truss rod having a delayed response. It seems quite common. A kind soul (Bence?) advised me to leave further adjustment for a few days (I had adjusted in 1/4 turns). It was good advice and the neck eventually moved where it needed to be. Forums are great aren't they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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