Gibson Les Paul: Electric Guitar Setup : How to Adjust the Truss Rod on a Les Paul Guitar: Pt 1

[27sevenSToFo]

Wow this is totally lame.

[davshaw5]

Use a straight edge ruler and lay it along the frets to see if you have any space in the middle, I wouldn't trust just eyeballing the thing....

[Krzysmalaki74]

Another expertvillage moron!!!

[FarTRhin0]

lol, this guys sucks!

[Zuoil]

Hello, Just bought a new guitar and when i play on the low E string in a open note it touches sometimes the neck and vibrate which make an awful sound, if any one got an idea how to fix it please notify me.

[StrongHeartLives]

geez - this is the worst uninformative video. - please no one just tighten your truss rod to solve all problems. if it's already tight a half a turn like that could snap it.

[bigdanxl]

lol don't be so overly helpful

[bigdanxl]

lol

[peeetttaaahhh1]

i bet this guy loves loosening his "G" string...

[xeeet99]

FUCK YOU EXPERT VILLAGE

i was trying to get sm serious info and u here r experimenting on camera

[GuitarSK8boarding]

I'm not a fucking retard! I knew how to take a damn wrench and turn a knob you worthless piece of shit!

[guitarplayer9090]

nice camera man messed the first 5 secs up

[amp50158]

this video sucks. it's just a guy adjusting his truss rod. he doesn't tell you shit. fuck this.

[FelicianB]

"now it's looking nice and straight" it shouldn't look straight it all, the neck has to be slightly parabolic

[mtriv111]

I don't know why I ever bother clicking a link from expertvillage...useless.

[joelbyrne]

Haha, quarter turn then look at it?? Dont you mean quarter turn then check with a calibrated feeler guage??

[kewlmynd99]

Gibsons don't need no small adjustment!

[FlashmoreGash]

Looks like Garth from waynes world!

[KORINALOVER]

this dude is on crack.......

[YooTubeSuxLikeHell]

Expertvillage? More like ExpertSuckage

[howlinlevi2]

yeah id trust a youtube video to fix my xbox but not my guitar...im sorry thats just not worth the risk.

[maplegodx150]

@howlinlevi2 agreed

[mmim4]

im getting frety buzz on the top e string all 24 fretsits a guage .48 round wound and i cant get fixed any idea?

[bibbyness]

what a twat, what the point of the vid if you cant see it...KNOB HEAD INBREAD

[Hawx885]

dude, that text is anoying. Can't see a piss

[2619888]

This guy has no idea what he is doing. His guitar's neck will hold up for a few weeks since it's a well built guitar, and then it's firewood. The guitar will most likely crack where the neck meets the body. DON'T LISTEN TO THIS GUY!

[dorianwalton]

i think my brain has melted

[vainparasite]

I thought the neck is suposed to have slight releif not straight.

[Nuppetion]

expertvillage = fail

[samkGuitar]

I've been told that if your changing string gauges you should turn the truss rod only a quarter of a turn once a day until it's right? seems very slow and over cautious but who wants a warped guitar ? hahaa

~Sam

[KgRampage]

then that other string is messed

[MrNatrocks]

in my guitar it doesnt even look like a wrench is suposed to go in ther its a circle what am i suposed to do?

[bandit7498]

@MrNatrocks it's a special tool for Les Pauls only

[KonChul]

Does this guy now what the hell he is actually doing?...

[999zain]

@KonChul ya he does. trust me. it works

[conspirator9]

are you sure this is the right wrench?

[CKS5000]

look at those stupid faces he's making at the end

[ArtificialFlavaFTB2]

What exactly does the truss rod do? I'm getting string buss so someone told me to adjust the truss rod.

[guitarfanatic300]

based on what i know the truss rod is what makes your neck bend. So if they say to adjust the truss rod it is usually to increase the action. Honestly i am no expert and i would go to a professional

[SamuelllSabotage]

@ArtificialFlavaFTB2

it adjust the bow in the neck.

So like if your neck is bowed then you adjust the truss rod so it's straight.

[Songwriter4God]

Keeps the neck straight.

[Shyuum]

@ArtificialFlavaFTB2

It straightens your neck.

[shtdaprdtr]

why are you looking from the top...thats usually to check for twisted necks...shouldnt you check the side with a straight edge?

[matthology]

do truss rod tools have different sizes? like do gibsons,prs,fenders have different size truss rods so i can use one tool for all guitars

[TheLadlee]

yes

[TheLadlee]

truss rods are different size

[06mgibson]

omg Are you sure thats the right wrench!!!  what a dick

Expert village are idiots

[LanDnalyaW]

"are you sure this is the right wrench?" 0:35 HAHAHA

[Coolride17]

I do my Ibanez , your supposed to hold 1st fret , and 22nd fret, then measure the gap in the center of the neck at the same time to get the correct bow.

[jake24r]

haha, wasnt that useless.

At 0:55 it looks like he's sniffing the headstock

[FrozenMelvin]

O.o  - Confused

[mariosyjp]

lol

[coreyvf]

LOL @ 0:33

"You sure this is the right wrench?"

[sprtn117c]

The more and more i watch expertvillage the more i realize they aren't experts.

[CaptHowdy999]

don't anyone mess with your truss rod based on this bullshit, my oh my, no way sir

[jarkit46]

what kind of wrench WTF

[Bwadify]

Allen Wrench. Size 3.

[Francosalvaneschi]

the fingers should be put on the 1st fret an de 17 fret on the big E string.also remeber to check out the high of the bridge.1.5 to 2mm on strings.

[CKS5000]

you mean first and last fret right

[shreddeross]

omg, i'm never letting him loose on my guitars!!!

[weedassjo]

this guy is a total pedophile!!

jus watch the way he looks at the guitar!

[Francosalvaneschi]

Messi

[zbarneyz]

mabe if you could loosen your g string. you could explain what the fuck to do.... this videos sucks,

[xXIronGunnerXx]

epic fail...

[tomasenes]

i still don't know much thing about luthie can you tell me what was wrong?

[XxMsrSzprzxX]

Put fingers on the last and frst fret on the big E string, there should be about a milimeter or two of height above the fret, I think thats more reliable.

[kempobrad]

you must like high action lol

[rockboy8812]

please! i need help! i bought a gibson les paul traditional pro 3 weeks ago, i change strings almost 2 weeks ago and the guitar does not stay tune. the guitar came with Locking Grover tuners. what can i do?

[fkBowdown]

trow it away

[Umaiketsu]

Stretch the strings more.

[paperchasin23]

This guy doesn't seem to know what the hell he's doing. I wouldn't trust this vid.

[TheLivingDeadOne]

Is this right? Isnt the neck suposed to have a slight curviture forward so that you dont get fret buzz when pressing down on a fret?

[mickey5241]

yeah that´s what i think, too.

i liked this turorial but this was a real surprise for me because everyone before told me to have a curviture in the neck... xD

[thegreatfish]

You actually want it pretty straight, but he's not measuring it accurately. You shouldn't just eyeball it. You want to fret the E string at the 1st and 12th fret and check for space between the frets and the string right about the 5th or 6th fret. If there's a huge gap, you should straighten it. The space should be extremely small. They should almost be touching.

[TheLivingDeadOne]

Just to clearify, when I said curviture, I meant an ever so slight curve, barely noticable from the 5th to the first. I have all my guitars setup the same way. When I have attempted to make the neck straight, i mean dead on, the strings are too low and buzz or are dead higher up the neck. I have no huge gaps, but low action. Raising the bridge doesnt change anything but raise the action at the higher fret range. i think I set my guitars up properly, or if anything, the way i like them. Thanks

[jimmah01]

hahaha "Are you sure this is the right wrench?"

[MountainDew231767]

lol i read your comment right before he said that

[wasanga456]

me to!

[iLoveOlivaMunn]

yeah me to LMFAO!

[PsnIDShMuK]

any one know the sze of the wrench? i have a bass and it has a nut(allen wrench wont work) i need 1 of those wrenches but dont know the size.

[illusionfreak]

Couldn't tell you brother. All this time I thought you adjusted that with a fucking allen wrench. I just looked under my truss rod cover for the first time today.

[CKS5000]

you can buy allen wrenches in different sizes, metric and standard

[k00lguy202]

I totally agree. Most of these "expert" village videos are the sh*ttiest how-to videos out there. I just wasted 1:05 of my life watching some guy try to do something and not explain in detail what he was actually trying to achieve.

[nicholasbang]

can someone send a msg to me and tell me

so what if you don't adjust the truss rod

how to tell if you have to adjust the rod

[Zwikster]

Another retarded "Expert Village" video....

[hermanshermits124124]

Yeah baby, loosen that g-string

[C1o88er3d]

Thank God I wasn't the only one who thought that.

[ellsondaman]

lol

[bag2289]

are you sure this is the right wrench??? lol!!!

[platter4]

it comes with the guitar

[bag2289]

no the guy asked "are you sure this is the right wrench"

[solerso1968]

guitar tec if the strings(on a les paul)feel

a little tight(er than they did last week id check to see if somebody tuned it up)then i might raise the tail piece up before i start fucking with the neck. also a pet peeve here: if you want a jackson please dont buy a les paul. im tired of getting used ones that have the necks adjusted flat like cricket bats.

[mojorisen74]

It's better to use a T-Handle truss rod adjuster, that way you won't have to loosen the strings

[spaterman]

Pathetic!!

[guitartec]

Sorry, the last line of the comment below should read; To be fair, you should also know that it's VERY unlikely that doing this adjustment improperly ONCE will probably not hurt the instrument.

[CKS5000]

wtf. now it either will or it wont, unlikely it will not means the chances of it not messing up my guitar are slim.

[guitartec]

Oh, and once again... this video is incomplete information. I would advise against making any neck adjustments based on this video. Making the adjustment without physically helping (bending) the neck could, especially if you do the adjustment often to maximize it's playability, land you with an ineffective truss rod. That's bad! To be fair, you should also know that it's VERY unlikely that doing this adjustment improperly will probably not hurt the instrument.

[hermanshermits124124]

Could you please explain us, or show us a link to someone explaining, how to correctly setup the trussrod? Because I agree, this video is useless...

[guitartec]

I can't easily give you 30 years of experience in a few sentences, but I can look around for a utube vid that shows the proper way to do it, and post it here when I find it. I also want to say that this adjustment requires a feel and an understanding which is different for each guitar. It would be unfair to give you half an answer when I only have 141 characters left to explain it, if ya know what I mean??? Sorry I can't be more helpful here.

[guitartec]

If you play guitar, then you know when it seems to not play as easily as it once did, or that it's physically harder to push the strings down than it was a week ago. You say to yourself "something has changed because it doesn't feel quite right". That is most likely because the neck is in need of adjustment. That's what this video and our comments are talking about.

[guitartec]

It allows for optimum playability

[bitchslapper12]

What does this adjusting really do??

[fishheads254]

if ur strings r buzzing on ur frets u have to bend the neck to avoid the strings from hittin the neck.

[fishheads254]

don't loosen the strings! you need to have them in tune so the same amount of pressure is on the neck!

[bitchslapper12]

What does this adjusting really do??

[guitartec]

While anyone can turn a truss rod, it takes experience to know what to do. As I said in a past post, you need to help a t-rod make the adjustment by physically helping bend the neck in the direction you want it to go. How much pressure to bend it is an experience call. Also, how much relief you want to put in or take out is another experience call. It's not the same for every guitar. I would be leery getting this kind of info from a video.

[bitchslapper12]

What does this adjusting really do??

[CKS5000]

i think you should make a video for the thousand of useless video's there should at least be one that show's what a good curve and a bad curve look like or something that doesn't just show where the truss rod is.

[guitartec]

Well, proper relief is actually different for every guitar, depending on things like wear, type of music played, player prefs, etc. For instance, I like most of my necks a bit too straight. This is because I like a bit of fret slap when I hit a chord hard. Jazz players typically don't want any fret growl whatsoever. Tommy Emmanual has loads of slap on some of his acoustics, and he is considered one of the best acoustic players out there. His audiences couldn't care less about it.

[guitartec]

cont.... The problem with a straight neck is that  it may need adjustment more often when the weather changes because when it's too straight, there is no buffer,. You may end up with fret cancellation if anything changes in the slightest. Having an effective t-rod is helpful, (hopefully you have a dbl-action t-rod),. Many crappy rods out there become less & less effective from lack of understanding how to adjust them properly (you don't just turn it and call it a day- like this vid shows).

[iblamethemedia]

are you sure this is the right wrench??????? OMFG!!!!

[opel47]

damn that's the harbor frieght one!

[shelbybrittany]

haha i have a gibson les paul electric guitar 2!!! its apple red no cherry yeah!...

[flyhead2]

Was this a joke? This is the 2nd 'instruction' video that I have seen from Expert Village and they were both tragic. He must work for Dubya...

[slash4114]

lol "are you sure this is the right wrench...."!!!!!!!!!LOL

[style54109]

yeah, they should call it retard village.

[leamog]

wow. no one listen to this guy. did you hear him ask"is that right?"after the first adjustment. wat a tool!

[guitartec]

I was under the impression (from 31 years of being a guitar tech) to always "help" a neck adjust by physically bending it in the direction you want it to go WHILE adjusting the rod.

Leaving this adjustment entirely for the truss rod to do by itself by simply turning it, is a mistake. This is because it could ultimately leave you with an ineffective truss rod. That's an expensive repair!

Idunno, I think this video should be called Common Truss Rod Adjustment Mistakes!

[jay31486]

I have a 1995 gibson les paul. the other day I wanted to adjust the truss rod and it doesnt seem to have the allen wrench socket. It has threads. It just seems kind of odd. Have you ever experienced this? Any input will be greatly appreciated.

[guitartec]

Gibson's have a truss rod nut, not an allen adjustment like an Epi.

[PRIMAX1967]

To guitartec.

I also do that. I help the neck while adjusting the truss rod. Either over-bowed or even under-bowed.

But it's his guitar. He probably aford another Gibson if he screws this one up.

[opel47]

hehe. Very nice!!

[baselstein]

thats a really bad way of doing it there, there are more accurate ways

[kidortiz]

do u know of any good videos?