I'm sure, by the end of the video, he would've found out that the truss rod is broken by the way he was turning it...don't follow hos advice, you'll break your truss.
This is not EXACTLY the way to adjust your guitar truss rod. First, unless you have a lot of experience use a straight edge to examine the neck for curvature. Second, adjust the truss slowly. Quarter turn then check the neck. Another quarter turn and check the curvature again. It is easy to over-tighten a truss rod and break it. Then you have a very expensive repair to pay for....
thanks for the info...just one thing..to tell if the neck is bowed, you don't look flat across the fretboard..you put your face close to the body of the guitar and look down the EDGE of the neck.
Did he just crank that truss rod 3 big turns!!! Wow! I'd not advise anyone to do that. If you're gonna adjust your TR you should mark it with a sharpie so you know where you started AND you should make small adjustments at a time
1. Your guitar neck absolutely should NOT be dead straight
2. You did not adequately explain the mechanical function of the truss rod.
3. Looking down the neck is ok for an experienced person, you need to be reasonably sure of how to accurately measure the action at the 1st fret, the 7th fret and the 12th fret.
This video is likely to result in worse setup on your guitar. Be very careful following this incomplete and dodgy advice.
@flamexXxstrings man, a lot. you are not supposed to turn it more than a whole turn at most, and even in such cases it must be done 1/4 of a turn at most, between hours (a whole night if possible) :S
@1990EAM yeah, ideally you should turn it a little each day (1/4 turn) till it looks good. I do guitar set-ups professionally....the problem is .....customers don't want to wait like 10 days to get the guitar back so I am forced to tighten the neck a lot to get it back to them fast.....however....with a brand new guitar the necks are pretty flexable and wont break if you crank the truss rod alot
damn, I wouldn't buy that guitar anymore. You can't make huge adjustments like that without causing damage to the neck. Silly old man who thinks he knows something about guitars.
Good informative video. Not sure of the reason for all the negative comments, this isn't rocket science. I like how he misadjusts the neck to give people an idea of what the guitar will play like if the neck were in need of adjustment and then he adjusts it back. Just by looking at the guy, I would bet that this isn't the first guitar he has ever adjusted.
I am a luthier student and you should NEVER adjust the truss rod without a slotted straight edge! Further, the truss rod should NEVER be adjusted more than one full turn. You can strip the nut or worse strip the threads of the truss rod making it completely worthless and will need a truss rod replacement, a $600-$800 job! They have to pull the fret board off the neck. Let a trained Luthier (read: guitar tech) adjust your guitar unless you are trained and experienced in doing such adjustments
Then it's meant to be used with nylon, gut, or silk-and-steel strings. Installing steel strings on a guitar that doesn't have a truss rod would cause the neck to warp beyond repair.
@arnoldtims im not talking about classic guitars. besides that, and some flamenco guitars, you cant build a guitar without a truss-rod period. unless you give it unadjustable strain which is the stupidest thing to do.
i know this may sound like im seriously a dummy but can i do it without that wrench in some way? i mean... its definitely not straight but i dont have that wrench and to get it id have to order it from the internet or go 40 miles to another city and i am putting my strings on at the moment... no way of doing it some way else maybe? :/
Only at 4:10 is there enough info to ask the basic question that a novice is going to ask here. You're now loosening the truss rod at 4:10. This causes upward bow to the neck, raising the strings higher. But the novice says to himself... he's loosening the truss rod...why does loosening the truss rod make the guitar bow upward, when it seems that it would allow the wood to relax and bend the other way? Just like tightening it would seem to pull the neck into a bow and raise the strings. Get me?
I just went to adjust my truss rod, and the outside of the head of the truss head is hex shaped, but the inside has no angles at all. And it's new. It's round inside. With no wear. And there I was ready with metric and inch scale allen wrenches...and it's impossible to slip a wrench collar over the outside of it, as there isn't enough space.
News Flash!! You don't adjust the truss rod to raise or lower action. The truss rod adjustment is only for neck straightness. Why is this video still online??
Poor Taylor, it just got raped. That much loosening/tensioning at once is terrible for the guitar - you risk introducing some new problems that are MUCH harder to fix - twist in the neck, or warping of the fingerboard - what he did was utterly extreme - perhaps a cheap plywood guitar could be used for that demonstration. The neck is a layer cake of dissimilar materials -and each material requires a different amount of time to adjust to the new tension - so you have to do these things gradually.
Turning a truss rod like a 1/4 to 1/2 a rotation can actually move the neck quite a bit. This guy is demonstrated sloppy procedure by giving it several turns in each direction when adjusting the neck. Overkill.
@fordummies my guitar strings are really far apart from the fret board at the 11-12 string ...how do i know whether its bowed backwards or forwards? and should i tighten the truss rod or loosen it?
It's not always the truss rod. sometimes lowering and raising the bridge can help, and even having a nut's slots be a different depth can help. You have to start with getting an even height all along the fret board, using a combo of everything.
(If you can make bridge adjustments on your guitar at all, that is...)
YOU GOTTA WAIT FOR 10 to 15 minutes BEFORE MAKING ANOTHER QUARTER TURN (yes i intentionally used ALL CAPS cause it's very important) or else you might break your truss rod..
@jman202011 thats why you shouldnt of tried it. messing with a truss rod is the biggest no-no a guitarist will ever do. It like playing russian roulette, you will lose. Only a qualified Luthier should touch a truss rod.
I was actually just kidding. I've adjusted it before. You just have to be really really careful. You don't have to be a qualified luthier to adjust a truss rod. It's just most people don't know what they're doing when they start turning it.
Lol yeah it's better safe than sorry to be honest, but really if you want you could just do what this guy did in the video, but just be 10 times more careful, lol. Like he said if you hear cracking or clicking stop, but just turn it like 1/8th of an inch each time. If you take your time, you should be fine. That's what I did. I hardly turned it all each time, plus I waited a good while before each turn.
@jman202011 - YOU DIDN'T BREAK SHIT ADJUSTING THE TRUST ROD - STOP TRYING TO IMPRESS ALL THE LIL SRV WANNABES - TRUTH IS, YOU PROBABLY DON'T EVEN HAVE A FUCKING GUITAR!
@jman202011 if you broke the neck of your guitar turning the truss rod your guitar wasn't built very well. It should be able take the adjustment. The only exception to this is if it is a very old guitar. On a vintage guitar I would only turn the rod a quarter turn a week till it straightened out.
@jman202011 Not this guys fault. You don't know what you are doing. You took it upon yourself to fix your own guitar instead of taking it to the store. There is only one way to learn. That's not anybody's fault but your own.
It's also good to make sure the guitar is IN-TUNE before you worry about the action...If a guitar hasn't been played in awhile (more than just a month), chances are it'll be horribly out of tune and the overall tension on the neck will be more relaxed than normal. Get it in tune and you'll have a more accurate status on the action of the guitar. You'll have to retune it after you adjust the action too.
my guitar is to bowed front and the bottom of the neck the strings are far away and towrds the head of the guitar are close to the fret board whitch way must it be adjusted
@gioDKM That's xclen't. A few yrs. ago I owned an old Martin. The neck had the worst thing in the world, a twist in the neck. It costed $160 to have it steamed out. The good? The process was a sucess. Take care now.
@gioDKM If ur guitar doesn't have a bolt, does it have a steel reinforced neck? It might need to be steamed and pressed. Kinda' like a shirt that needs to be ironed.
I would guess all the comments on here telling you to take your guitar to a pro, are made by "pros" who need more business. I've been adjusting truss rods for years--it's simple if you take it slow.
if you fuck with the truss rod, especially on an acoustic guitar, you might end up fucking up the intonation big time.
and trust me, when you fuck up the intonation, you won't even want to pick up that guitar anymore. And so, in your quest for ultra-low action height (like a girly hair metal man's Ibanez), you essentially fuck the whole guitar, as well as yourself.
What if: you Loosen it Counter clockwise .....and the Rod becomes very loose. And yet the neck still needs to bow Forward a slight bit more???? My rod is Finger loose yet i still have a slight bit more bow I need to gain, should I press the neck forward manually gently maybe to help?? if anyone could plase tell me how to fix this. I dont need much forward bow,just a little,yet trhe rod has became loose cuz i loosened it yesterday.
@97warlock There are several ways to achive what you want, none of them are FOR DUMMIES but for guitar reparimen...both involve removing frets and putting new ones...fret compression can cause your neck to backbow even when the rod is SLACK...you can replace the frets and put new ones with a skinnier tang and glue them in so you end up with no fret compression at all...another one is to heat press the neck to give it relief and slip the joint between the fingerboard and the neck...
YouTube needs to provide a way for people to petition for the removal of bad videos like this.
Misinformation is right. Actually it's downright irresponsible to be encouraging noobs to take a spanner to their guitars at all, let alone in the way demonstrated here, or for the reasons discussed.
This is a 'how NOT to' video. People if you value your guitar, please for the love of God do NOT listen to this trash.
At best you will ruin your setup even more, at worst your could turn your guitar int
YouTube needs to provide a way for people to petition for the removal of bad videos like this.
Misinformation is what it is. Actually it's downright irresponsible to be encouraging noobs to take a spanner to their guitars at all, let alone in the way demonstrated here, or for the reasons discussed.
This is a 'how NOT to' video. People if you value your guitar, please for the love of God, do NOT listen to this trash.
At best you will ruin your setup even more, at worst your could turn your gui
@stuartmarchant i could not agree more,the times i've seen an expensive guitar ruined by someone messing with the truss ror,i.m.o they should not give the tools away with the guitar when bought,truss rods are best left to the experts
This video is mis-information. You should be checking your adjustments from the other end of the guitar neck. And actually, dummies should not be attempting adjustments to the neck of their guitars anyway! I'll second that @rfbeach
This man is giving bad advice. You do not want a straight neck, but one with a slight curve to accommodate the shape of the vibrating string. You adjust the truss rod to obtain the correct neck relief (as it is called). You do not adjust the truss rod to set string height - you do that by changing the height of the bridge. Do not take a guitar to him for adjustment, he will wreck it.
dude i would never use so many turns on a truss rod at once... The wood needs times to settle.... For those of you who try this ...make sure you only give it a quarter of a turn a slight adjustment and then wait for a little while before turning it another quarter turn some wait 10 min some wait over night... and turn again ... If you have a very expensive guitar ... i think this patience should not be over looked.. if you have some junk guitar turn away like this man is.
hey could anyone direct me to an article or video where i could learn how to repair a bowed neck on a nylon acoustic. it has NO TRUSS ROD either but due to it being my first guitar i wanna try to fix it. I'm not new to music or guitars so im willing to take on the challenge haha
i do not have a buzz at all it sounds great. but when i do a hammer on past the forth fret it wants to make a tink sound, what do i do? been looking for the answer, dont answer this ? if you do not know?
Don't just eyeball it use a ruler moron
Kevtron9000 2 weeks ago
I aint fucking with that shit.
RoyalWaste 1 month ago
Great pointers for beginners. I never knew how until I toured and watched my Roadie do it!! Hah! So much for Guitr Gods huh?
precisionb 1 month ago
And I live in Colorado, and it's winter. Guess how warped my neck is
FaultyTable 1 month ago
When I bought my guitar some prick decided to "fix" my neck. Broke the fucking truss rod
FaultyTable 1 month ago
I'm sure, by the end of the video, he would've found out that the truss rod is broken by the way he was turning it...don't follow hos advice, you'll break your truss.
rajat5 1 month ago
96,929 people are dummies !
SlowDeathPro 1 month ago
What if everyone is an ass at the guitar shop and they make fun of my cheap guitar and laugh at me.
b3nlawson 1 month ago 2
@b3nlawson Then you should not even consider doing business with them. It's the whole reason I will NEVER go back to my local Guitar Center.
tenhundredkills 3 weeks ago
The neck was gay... I made it straight.
TheFearedTurtle 2 months ago 5
This is not EXACTLY the way to adjust your guitar truss rod. First, unless you have a lot of experience use a straight edge to examine the neck for curvature. Second, adjust the truss slowly. Quarter turn then check the neck. Another quarter turn and check the curvature again. It is easy to over-tighten a truss rod and break it. Then you have a very expensive repair to pay for....
Mandolin1944 2 months ago
damn the last time i bought a guitar it has no truss rod.. and its bowed now....
RalphAdriane 2 months ago
thanks for the info...just one thing..to tell if the neck is bowed, you don't look flat across the fretboard..you put your face close to the body of the guitar and look down the EDGE of the neck.
bure998 2 months ago
You should tighten that wig man!. your fooling nobody.
niamhsongs 2 months ago
straight? The way I learned it is there should be some relief. like this: youtube.com/watch?v=QpTL8lenqqM
s1d3track3D 3 months ago
eeeeeasy man, it's a guitar, not a woman
elblopex 3 months ago
Did he just crank that truss rod 3 big turns!!! Wow! I'd not advise anyone to do that. If you're gonna adjust your TR you should mark it with a sharpie so you know where you started AND you should make small adjustments at a time
JayDeeSG 3 months ago
@nathanielkowski if u look inside the guitar under the neck there should b something there to adjust it if not ask an expert
Leoisurdictator 3 months ago
Is this for dummies or by dummies?
1. Your guitar neck absolutely should NOT be dead straight
2. You did not adequately explain the mechanical function of the truss rod.
3. Looking down the neck is ok for an experienced person, you need to be reasonably sure of how to accurately measure the action at the 1st fret, the 7th fret and the 12th fret.
This video is likely to result in worse setup on your guitar. Be very careful following this incomplete and dodgy advice.
TurtleMusicVids 4 months ago
@TurtleMusicVids I did and it worked brilliantly :)
buzonperiodista 4 months ago
@TurtleMusicVids post a video then
crossmethod23 3 months ago
Yeah the technician will probably say it needs repairs even tough it doesn't... great idea...
JDX45 5 months ago
How do you adjust your hair-piece?
aiyic 5 months ago 2
Dumbass, you always want a slight forward bow to your neck, otherwise intonation will be off.
JHoyle2123 5 months ago
press 3 for a TWSS!!!! lolololololol
littletingoddess96 5 months ago
my adjustment is not available at the top how do i do it from the other side?
nathanielkowski 5 months ago
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You need to be careful though because you will break your fret
1- if you think you can make your 300$ guitar sound like 4000$ Taylor
2-If you think you will play as good as John Mayer by adjusting the truss-rod
3- If you start abusing it as if it was a tuner,
Small adjustment will do the magic most of the time so.. DON`T DAMAGE YOUR GUITAR. Guitars are expensive.
12armstrong 6 months ago
my guitars neck is going backwards where should i turn it?
MatKiller1197 6 months ago
Well you shouldn't have the string tention on the guitar when adjusting. Losen the strings. Neck, strings may go snap and bang.
bluegrasssingingman 6 months ago
This guy is definitely rather heavy-handed.
People, be careful with the truss rod. They're pretty delicate things.
TheNeutralFan 7 months ago 23
@TheNeutralFan Definitely BE VERY careful. If you're not sure get into a Guitar Shop!
precisionb 1 month ago
yeah we are dummies who watch this video
TheRevelation1997 7 months ago
i love your videos thank you so muck your voice clear and easy to understand
GigglingGirI 7 months ago
DONT EVER TURN IT THAT MUCH, JUST 1/4 OF A TURN AND LEAVE IT ALONE A FEW HOURS TO LET THE WOOD ACCOMODATE
1990EAM 8 months ago 2
@1990EAM umm.. I kinda turned it around 237 turns.. how deep in shit am I in??
flamexXxstrings 8 months ago
@flamexXxstrings man, a lot. you are not supposed to turn it more than a whole turn at most, and even in such cases it must be done 1/4 of a turn at most, between hours (a whole night if possible) :S
1990EAM 8 months ago
@1990EAM well then, I'm in for a surprise tomorrow morning :P
flamexXxstrings 8 months ago
@1990EAM yeah, ideally you should turn it a little each day (1/4 turn) till it looks good. I do guitar set-ups professionally....the problem is .....customers don't want to wait like 10 days to get the guitar back so I am forced to tighten the neck a lot to get it back to them fast.....however....with a brand new guitar the necks are pretty flexable and wont break if you crank the truss rod alot
inkey2 7 months ago
damn, I wouldn't buy that guitar anymore. You can't make huge adjustments like that without causing damage to the neck. Silly old man who thinks he knows something about guitars.
StackofNosiesFrtMn 8 months ago 2
2:03 that came with the gui-TAAAAHR
gatohombre072 8 months ago 71
@gatohombre072 LMFAO
buzonperiodista 4 months ago
3:28 That's a kick ass jam right there!
totalrandomcrap 8 months ago
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imadey0utube 8 months ago
Every fucking video has people saying that the way the person in the video is doing it is wrong.
CtrlRm 8 months ago 2
lol at 00:45 looks like he's having a stroke
guitardude671 8 months ago
Good informative video. Not sure of the reason for all the negative comments, this isn't rocket science. I like how he misadjusts the neck to give people an idea of what the guitar will play like if the neck were in need of adjustment and then he adjusts it back. Just by looking at the guy, I would bet that this isn't the first guitar he has ever adjusted.
stratofier 8 months ago
@stratofier
First he adjust the neck to mutch. The fingerboard can break lose this way.
Never adjust that mutch. the neck sets after a day of 2.
And the neck muts not be straight but a little hollow
arnoldtims 8 months ago
there should be some way to take this video out of youtube, is totally wrong and could serusly damage your guitar.
andmaci 9 months ago
trust rod nuts lol
Bmatre11 9 months ago 2
Knob
bencoelho3 9 months ago
"I guess that's two factors".
mickye1944 9 months ago
Wow, look at him turn that thing like a maniac! Take it easy guy. This requires a little finesse. ...and now for my rendition of smoke on the water.
natfunk71 9 months ago
Wow, look at him turn that thing like a maniac! Take it easy guy. This requires a little finesse.
natfunk71 9 months ago
"LOOK DOWN THE NECK."
YOU FUCKING JAP TARD!
jehovahuponyou 9 months ago
I agree with him. When your strings are too high, you're thinking about your finger tips instead of playing music.
HesNotEvenAmerican 10 months ago
@BenjaminLOfficial
was a joke.
:)
jman202011 10 months ago
at 4:53 an older washed dave mustaine
Psychoreu 10 months ago
I am a luthier student and you should NEVER adjust the truss rod without a slotted straight edge! Further, the truss rod should NEVER be adjusted more than one full turn. You can strip the nut or worse strip the threads of the truss rod making it completely worthless and will need a truss rod replacement, a $600-$800 job! They have to pull the fret board off the neck. Let a trained Luthier (read: guitar tech) adjust your guitar unless you are trained and experienced in doing such adjustments
jpnoll 10 months ago
Shane Co. Dot com
xzoombinis65x 10 months ago
No tech is gonna show you how to do this properly,If so then you're taking food of his table
cast390 10 months ago
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kshantanu1993 11 months ago
How to break your guitar neck for dummies
mscottDesign 11 months ago 5
Shit ! Luthiers say to turn the truss rod only 1/4 , 1/8 at time,this guy's making the complete orbit cycle
JeezoozeChrysler 11 months ago
WHOA WHOA!!! this guy needs to take it easy . i think this guy has tooooo much money to worry about anything.
reynanr 11 months ago
my guitar doesnt have a truss rod
hahadud3 11 months ago
@hahadud3
Then it's meant to be used with nylon, gut, or silk-and-steel strings. Installing steel strings on a guitar that doesn't have a truss rod would cause the neck to warp beyond repair.
bluesharp78 11 months ago
i turned the truss rod one revolution once and the fretboard snapped off my $1,000 guitar.
greghawaii007 11 months ago
@greghawaii007 thats because youre dumb.
richogem 11 months ago
@richogem no, he/she is not dumb. My guitar is PALMA acoustic and ive checked mine where it doesnt have a truss rod.
GOfficialWith 10 months ago
@GOfficialWith how does your message have anything to do with mine?
your guitar HAS a truss-rod. you cant build a guitar without a truss-rod. the strings would break the neck right away.
richogem 10 months ago 2
@richogem Okay, i apologise for the reply. I think i was over fustrated on it..
thanks , bye :]
GOfficialWith 10 months ago
@richogem
Some guitar dont have one.
And the strings wil not break the neck only bent it
arnoldtims 8 months ago
@arnoldtims im not talking about classic guitars. besides that, and some flamenco guitars, you cant build a guitar without a truss-rod period. unless you give it unadjustable strain which is the stupidest thing to do.
richogem 8 months ago
@arnoldtims and that only means it doesnt have a truss-rod nut.
richogem 8 months ago
@greghawaii007 lolololololololololololol
wickedjjcklown 10 months ago
i know this may sound like im seriously a dummy but can i do it without that wrench in some way? i mean... its definitely not straight but i dont have that wrench and to get it id have to order it from the internet or go 40 miles to another city and i am putting my strings on at the moment... no way of doing it some way else maybe? :/
dAKarkoloAb 11 months ago
@dAKarkoloAb
Hex keys are extremely common. Ask a repairman, mechanic, whatever, in your town to lend one to you for a couple minutes.
bluesharp78 11 months ago
@bluesharp78 right... if i only knew that before... my dads a mechanic O.o
dAKarkoloAb 11 months ago
@dAKarkoloAb
Is your finger shaped like an allen wrench? If not, do you have a knife that you can use to carve your finger to be shaped like one?
365daysgone 10 months ago
@365daysgone hahah thats so hilarious lol... ¬.¬
dAKarkoloAb 10 months ago
Only at 4:10 is there enough info to ask the basic question that a novice is going to ask here. You're now loosening the truss rod at 4:10. This causes upward bow to the neck, raising the strings higher. But the novice says to himself... he's loosening the truss rod...why does loosening the truss rod make the guitar bow upward, when it seems that it would allow the wood to relax and bend the other way? Just like tightening it would seem to pull the neck into a bow and raise the strings. Get me?
sclogse1 11 months ago
I just went to adjust my truss rod, and the outside of the head of the truss head is hex shaped, but the inside has no angles at all. And it's new. It's round inside. With no wear. And there I was ready with metric and inch scale allen wrenches...and it's impossible to slip a wrench collar over the outside of it, as there isn't enough space.
W.T. F.?
sclogse1 11 months ago
News Flash!! You don't adjust the truss rod to raise or lower action. The truss rod adjustment is only for neck straightness. Why is this video still online??
MicroGuyChannel 11 months ago
he sounds very angry... 0.0
9MAGGOT4LIFE 11 months ago
Poor Taylor, it just got raped. That much loosening/tensioning at once is terrible for the guitar - you risk introducing some new problems that are MUCH harder to fix - twist in the neck, or warping of the fingerboard - what he did was utterly extreme - perhaps a cheap plywood guitar could be used for that demonstration. The neck is a layer cake of dissimilar materials -and each material requires a different amount of time to adjust to the new tension - so you have to do these things gradually.
Mayestroh 11 months ago
My neck at the head: /, my neck next to the pickups: I.
TheMusicMedia100 11 months ago
Hopefully that Taylor was a factory second.. lol because it's neck is def ruined now
p5ych0Killer 1 year ago
@p5ych0Killer lol true
jaketheguitarist6379 1 year ago
Turning a truss rod like a 1/4 to 1/2 a rotation can actually move the neck quite a bit. This guy is demonstrated sloppy procedure by giving it several turns in each direction when adjusting the neck. Overkill.
TechnicalEvaluation 1 year ago
Haha what he just did probably was not good for that guitar
TheRuffFeathers 1 year ago
@fordummies my guitar strings are really far apart from the fret board at the 11-12 string ...how do i know whether its bowed backwards or forwards? and should i tighten the truss rod or loosen it?
SuperShaneTV1 1 year ago
@SuperShaneTV1
It's not always the truss rod. sometimes lowering and raising the bridge can help, and even having a nut's slots be a different depth can help. You have to start with getting an even height all along the fret board, using a combo of everything.
(If you can make bridge adjustments on your guitar at all, that is...)
sclogse1 11 months ago
SHIT ALL THE STRINGS BROKE!!!! NOOOOOOOOO!!!!
jackwoopadup 1 year ago
YOU GOTTA WAIT FOR 10 to 15 minutes BEFORE MAKING ANOTHER QUARTER TURN (yes i intentionally used ALL CAPS cause it's very important) or else you might break your truss rod..
JonKeLiG 1 year ago
Righty tighty lefty loosey concept....
BOBZOWNER 1 year ago
great...
broke my fretboard.
thanks dude.
jman202011 1 year ago 130
@jman202011 thats why you shouldnt of tried it. messing with a truss rod is the biggest no-no a guitarist will ever do. It like playing russian roulette, you will lose. Only a qualified Luthier should touch a truss rod.
rocafella142 1 year ago
@rocafella142
I was actually just kidding. I've adjusted it before. You just have to be really really careful. You don't have to be a qualified luthier to adjust a truss rod. It's just most people don't know what they're doing when they start turning it.
jman202011 1 year ago
@jman202011 oh lol...screw that im taking mine to a luthier im scared imma f up
rocafella142 1 year ago
@rocafella142
Lol yeah it's better safe than sorry to be honest, but really if you want you could just do what this guy did in the video, but just be 10 times more careful, lol. Like he said if you hear cracking or clicking stop, but just turn it like 1/8th of an inch each time. If you take your time, you should be fine. That's what I did. I hardly turned it all each time, plus I waited a good while before each turn.
jman202011 1 year ago
@jman202011 too much moving with your allen wrench.
WakizashiSabre 10 months ago
@jman202011 damn id get annoyed so much man :/ that sucks :(
dAKarkoloAb 10 months ago
@dAKarkoloAb
lol it was a joke :)
jman202011 10 months ago
@jman202011 lol u got me :P
dAKarkoloAb 10 months ago
@jman202011 - YOU DIDN'T BREAK SHIT ADJUSTING THE TRUST ROD - STOP TRYING TO IMPRESS ALL THE LIL SRV WANNABES - TRUTH IS, YOU PROBABLY DON'T EVEN HAVE A FUCKING GUITAR!
jehovahuponyou 9 months ago
@jehovahuponyou
Are you done troll?
jman202011 9 months ago
@jman202011 haha fail
lowisao 9 months ago
@jman202011 4 real? that must suck.
BluDavid100 8 months ago in playlist Guitar Repair
@jman202011 epic
GayForJohnnyDepp93 8 months ago
@jman202011 if you broke the neck of your guitar turning the truss rod your guitar wasn't built very well. It should be able take the adjustment. The only exception to this is if it is a very old guitar. On a vintage guitar I would only turn the rod a quarter turn a week till it straightened out.
inkey2 7 months ago
@inkey2
lol it was a joke.
jman202011 7 months ago
@jman202011 ahahah FAIL
totokickbutt 7 months ago
@jman202011 how did you broke it?
MatKiller1197 6 months ago
@jman202011 that could be because your room is too dry so the guitr neck is also dry and breaks if you try to adjust it.
mindlesspuppet94 6 months ago
@jman202011 Not this guys fault. You don't know what you are doing. You took it upon yourself to fix your own guitar instead of taking it to the store. There is only one way to learn. That's not anybody's fault but your own.
newjdevils6258 5 months ago 3
@newjdevils6258
Too bad it was a joke.
jman202011 4 months ago
It's also good to make sure the guitar is IN-TUNE before you worry about the action...If a guitar hasn't been played in awhile (more than just a month), chances are it'll be horribly out of tune and the overall tension on the neck will be more relaxed than normal. Get it in tune and you'll have a more accurate status on the action of the guitar. You'll have to retune it after you adjust the action too.
DuaLeaD 1 year ago
my guitar is to bowed front and the bottom of the neck the strings are far away and towrds the head of the guitar are close to the fret board whitch way must it be adjusted
juzzy1k 1 year ago
Is it maybe hitting a fret?
rocknrolldaddio 1 year ago
@gioDKM That's xclen't. A few yrs. ago I owned an old Martin. The neck had the worst thing in the world, a twist in the neck. It costed $160 to have it steamed out. The good? The process was a sucess. Take care now.
rocknrolldaddio 1 year ago
@gioDKM If ur guitar doesn't have a bolt, does it have a steel reinforced neck? It might need to be steamed and pressed. Kinda' like a shirt that needs to be ironed.
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sfrithl 1 year ago
WAY Better than Expert village
bobybobybobb123 1 year ago
what is truss rod for?...answer me please
amirulz09 1 year ago
@amirulz09 ur dumb
bobybobybobb123 1 year ago
i have a problem with my guitar the e string is weird evertime i i play the 1st or 3rd its sounds weird?? do i do this to fix it??
elgatocavron 1 year ago
@elgatocavron Is it out of tune?
imataco95 1 year ago
@imataco95 No its sounds perfeect its just the 1st and 3rd fret
elgatocavron 1 year ago
want to avoid this...yeah? buy a neckthrough guitar! their a bit more money but you never have to do this.
of all the guitars I've owned with a truss rod its not very hard to do
too high on the frets near the pickups loosen
too low on the frets near the pickups tighten
and...
too low near the headstock loosen
too high near the headstock tighten
JYZProductions 1 year ago
Why did he yell "guitar" at 2:04?
figger48 1 year ago 2
@figger48 I don't know, but it was very violent. XD
PianoColinGuitar 1 year ago
@figger48 LMAO
Blink182EatAndSleep 1 year ago
One more thing. Turn the wrench a quarter turn at a time.That means, turn it a quarter turn, and let it sit for about 10 or 15 mins.
guitfdlr 1 year ago
And, if that guy is working there.Don't let him touch your guitar.
guitfdlr 1 year ago 24
I would guess all the comments on here telling you to take your guitar to a pro, are made by "pros" who need more business. I've been adjusting truss rods for years--it's simple if you take it slow.
mrose4252 1 year ago
You sir are wearing a rug :)
mbpofficial 1 year ago 3
TAKE IT TO A PRO! NEVER ADJUST YOUR TRUSS ROD UNLESS YOU ARE A PRO YOURSELF! btw he sounds like mr. rodgers
wmbigreds25 1 year ago
if you fuck with the truss rod, especially on an acoustic guitar, you might end up fucking up the intonation big time.
and trust me, when you fuck up the intonation, you won't even want to pick up that guitar anymore. And so, in your quest for ultra-low action height (like a girly hair metal man's Ibanez), you essentially fuck the whole guitar, as well as yourself.
000steelandstone000 1 year ago
And now i know xD
LegalizeKush 1 year ago
crazy
TheGuitarZi 1 year ago
I can't find the trustrodd of my guitar! I have a Gremlin G40
emscott32 1 year ago
@emscott32 As he said in the video its on one of the ends of the neck. and if its a REALLY REALLY cheap guitar chances are it doenst have one
bbBassYo 1 year ago
The best vid about neck ajusting! Thank you, I just fix my Taylor's neck ;)
andivax 1 year ago
u turn the guitar on its side to look down it
Lukeyboi14 1 year ago
this guy is a jackass. he has no clue what hes saying
mobbinthrudabay 1 year ago
What if: you Loosen it Counter clockwise .....and the Rod becomes very loose. And yet the neck still needs to bow Forward a slight bit more???? My rod is Finger loose yet i still have a slight bit more bow I need to gain, should I press the neck forward manually gently maybe to help?? if anyone could plase tell me how to fix this. I dont need much forward bow,just a little,yet trhe rod has became loose cuz i loosened it yesterday.
97warlock 1 year ago
@97warlock There are several ways to achive what you want, none of them are FOR DUMMIES but for guitar reparimen...both involve removing frets and putting new ones...fret compression can cause your neck to backbow even when the rod is SLACK...you can replace the frets and put new ones with a skinnier tang and glue them in so you end up with no fret compression at all...another one is to heat press the neck to give it relief and slip the joint between the fingerboard and the neck...
ScorpWriter 1 year ago
how about necks that has got teh wood warped???.. not the string/trussrod issue
vendettav15 1 year ago
YouTube needs to provide a way for people to petition for the removal of bad videos like this.
Misinformation is right. Actually it's downright irresponsible to be encouraging noobs to take a spanner to their guitars at all, let alone in the way demonstrated here, or for the reasons discussed.
This is a 'how NOT to' video. People if you value your guitar, please for the love of God do NOT listen to this trash.
At best you will ruin your setup even more, at worst your could turn your guitar int
stuartmarchant 1 year ago
YouTube needs to provide a way for people to petition for the removal of bad videos like this.
Misinformation is what it is. Actually it's downright irresponsible to be encouraging noobs to take a spanner to their guitars at all, let alone in the way demonstrated here, or for the reasons discussed.
This is a 'how NOT to' video. People if you value your guitar, please for the love of God, do NOT listen to this trash.
At best you will ruin your setup even more, at worst your could turn your gui
stuartmarchant 1 year ago
@stuartmarchant i could not agree more,the times i've seen an expensive guitar ruined by someone messing with the truss ror,i.m.o they should not give the tools away with the guitar when bought,truss rods are best left to the experts
hanghang71 1 year ago
This video is mis-information. You should be checking your adjustments from the other end of the guitar neck. And actually, dummies should not be attempting adjustments to the neck of their guitars anyway! I'll second that @rfbeach
DarkMedievalTimes1 1 year ago
wish my truss rod nuts would turn that many turns as easy as his im gritting my teeth every time i have to tighten every 1/8 of a turn
davedoggy 1 year ago
Ya gatta set yer AAAAAAAKshin!
YourAFuckinDork 1 year ago
my gutar has no truss rod, anyways im getting new one soon so doesnt really matter
impvr1 1 year ago
This man is giving bad advice. You do not want a straight neck, but one with a slight curve to accommodate the shape of the vibrating string. You adjust the truss rod to obtain the correct neck relief (as it is called). You do not adjust the truss rod to set string height - you do that by changing the height of the bridge. Do not take a guitar to him for adjustment, he will wreck it.
donepearce 1 year ago
Thank You!!!!:)
kellyscateye 1 year ago
you are the dummy. haha
kriscaudal 1 year ago
lmao thrust rod aha
shredderYEAH 1 year ago
This guy reminds me of Mr. Rogers
cast390 1 year ago
dummy teacher dummies
what irony!
minicotexx 1 year ago
Should it be on quarter turn? cause one turn will drasticly change the bow
brendonsmall14 1 year ago
dude i would never use so many turns on a truss rod at once... The wood needs times to settle.... For those of you who try this ...make sure you only give it a quarter of a turn a slight adjustment and then wait for a little while before turning it another quarter turn some wait 10 min some wait over night... and turn again ... If you have a very expensive guitar ... i think this patience should not be over looked.. if you have some junk guitar turn away like this man is.
ohill1981 1 year ago 12
awesome vid, now my guitar doesnt soud like crap!
SpoonB182P44 1 year ago
1/4 turn at a time you dummy!
short10102 1 year ago
hey could anyone direct me to an article or video where i could learn how to repair a bowed neck on a nylon acoustic. it has NO TRUSS ROD either but due to it being my first guitar i wanna try to fix it. I'm not new to music or guitars so im willing to take on the challenge haha
amjr89 1 year ago
i do not have a buzz at all it sounds great. but when i do a hammer on past the forth fret it wants to make a tink sound, what do i do? been looking for the answer, dont answer this ? if you do not know?
neatfreeek 1 year ago