Setting Up an Electric Guitar : Adjusting a Guitar Truss Rod
When straightening the neck of your guitar the truss rod is the piece that needs adjusting. Learn how to adjust yours in this free video clip.
Expert: Dan’L Terry
Bio: Dan’L Terry is an award-winning artist/designer whose work has been exhibited in national juried shows and museums, on the covers of books and magazines, and in feature films.
Filmmaker: MAKE | MEDIA
Duration : 0:2:9
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lefty loosey righty …
lefty loosey righty tighty ………….. to release some tension you want to turn it counter clockwise. and so on and so forth. you only want to do this a small bit at a time. otherwise you’ll everything up.
How about doing a …
How about doing a video longer then 2 minutes?!? Seriously, you are horrible at explaining the intricacies of things… take your time, record for 10 minutes and help out the fresh ears who watch you, I promise you’ll get even better results.
IT IS clock wise if …
IT IS clock wise if you see it from the same angle
i think he does …
i think he does mean counter clockwise
hahaha i was …
hahaha i was thinking that same thing! it reminds me of that preacher. youtube preacher you’ll see what i was talking about lol
I think you’re …
I think you’re great. Good to have a guy explaining, who doesn’t think he’s a game show host. Ignore the detractors.
it would be best to …
it would be best to use a long ball-nose allen wrench, which will give you the angle you need to access the truss rod with all strings in tune.
i know im trying to …
i know im trying to figure out what he means, i thought it was the other way around
anyone have a …
anyone have a peavey hp signature exp guitar wondering whether its dual action or not
i was trying to …
i was trying to ajust my tuss rod, i lostened it so much the truss rodd allan key nut unscrewed off, does that mean i broke it?
i put it back on and screwed it in but im still having problems i still cant gwet rid of the fret buzz on the low E
dude. your right… …
dude. your right… wonder if this guy can even read a clock…
Truss rod …
Truss rod adjustment is clockwise for a up-bow. NOT counter-clockwise!
you will have to …
you will have to loosen the 2 middle strings to fit the allen wrench in there.. it would probably be hard (maybe impossible) to adjust anything if you have strings in the way
you would still have the tension of 4 strings pulling on the neck anyway, losing the tension of 2 strings shouldnt make too much of a difference
he seems at …
he seems at 1:57 lol
clockwise, are you …
clockwise, are you sure? what does warped up and warped down mean? hand gestures at the edge of the screen aren’t very helpful. Also you make no mention of how string tension can screw with the curvature of the neck… you have to do the neck measurements when the guitar is in tune…
You’re meant to …
You’re meant to have a slight ‘warp’ (as he put it) in a lot of guitar necks: each end of the neck is meant to be slightly higher – if you will – than the centre where the strings vibrates more and would otherwise cause fret buzz. A bow going the other way needs correcting that’s for sure. So unless your guitar is meant to have a perfectly straight neck just ignore this man and his straight edge test.
what do you mean …
what do you mean what’s the point?? The point is to make sure the neck is straight. The neck gets warped, it usually happens more when the weather changes… summer/winter
so whats the point??
so whats the point??