Acoustic adjusted! Only lost one eye...thanks to everyone who helped the other day!

romanianreaper

romanianreaper

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My truss today adjustment tool came in today and so I figured I'd give it a whirl, without going overboard.

I took everyone's advice and loosened strings a bit and made slight adjustments, probably more like a 1/8th turn, if that. After one slight adjustment, I tuned back up and saw it adjusted quite a bit and was low action. Taking advice though, I waited a bit. Good thing I did because it went back up a few measurements.

Since it went back up, I was able to adjust another slight turn. I repeated the process and then decided to back it off the other way a nudge. Perfect! Went from the "high" action you guys saw to "medium" which i think is a good spot for feel and projection.

Everyone gave great advice and know it varied but everyone was correct and no wrong answers so to speak. I researched more and saw that as mentioned, sanding the saddle piece on a Martin is one way people adjust the action. Since I only needed a slight drop, the truss rod adjustment worked. I can see where people would need to be careful though or everything could get jacked up.
 
romanianreaper said:
My truss today adjustment tool came in today and so I figured I'd give it a whirl, without going overboard.

I took everyone's advice and loosened strings a bit and made slight adjustments, probably more like a 1/8th turn, if that. After one slight adjustment, I tuned back up and saw it adjusted quite a bit and was low action. Taking advice though, I waited a bit. Good thing I did because it went back up a few measurements.

Since it went back up, I was able to adjust another slight turn. I repeated the process and then decided to back it off the other way a nudge. Perfect! Went from the "high" action you guys saw to "medium" which i think is a good spot for feel and projection.

Everyone gave great advice and know it varied but everyone was correct and no wrong answers so to speak. I researched more and saw that as mentioned, sanding the saddle piece on a Martin is one way people adjust the action. Since I only needed a slight drop, the truss rod adjustment worked. I can see where people would need to be careful though or everything could get jacked up.
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Excellent. :-)
 
romanianreaper said:
My truss today adjustment tool came in today and so I figured I'd give it a whirl, without going overboard.

I took everyone's advice and loosened strings a bit and made slight adjustments, probably more like a 1/8th turn, if that. After one slight adjustment, I tuned back up and saw it adjusted quite a bit and was low action. Taking advice though, I waited a bit. Good thing I did because it went back up a few measurements.

Since it went back up, I was able to adjust another slight turn. I repeated the process and then decided to back it off the other way a nudge. Perfect! Went from the "high" action you guys saw to "medium" which i think is a good spot for feel and projection.

Everyone gave great advice and know it varied but everyone was correct and no wrong answers so to speak. I researched more and saw that as mentioned, sanding the saddle piece on a Martin is one way people adjust the action. Since I only needed a slight drop, the truss rod adjustment worked. I can see where people would need to be careful though or everything could get jacked up.
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We’re you drunk when you typed this up?
 
TheBiggestJerk said:
Here’s my experience with truss rods. I’ve cranked the living shit out of a lot of rods and never have I broken one or fucked anything up. Wood bends. Don’t be so timid.
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Any truss rod you have to "crank the living shit out of" is a problem neck IME with several twisted and warped necks. A truss rod should adjust reasonably smoothly or it's time to look at other potential issues with the neck. I've never seen a properly set up neck from the factory that required radical adjustment.
 
VonBonfire said:
Any truss rod you have to "crank the living shit out of" is a problem neck IME with several twisted and warped necks. A truss rod should adjust reasonably smoothly or it's time to look at other potential issues with the neck. I've never seen a properly set up neck from the factory that required radical adjustment.
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I once straightened an old fucked up guitar neck by soaking it for a couple days in a tub of water and then hanging weights off it in strategic places while it dried out.
 
Floyd Eye said:
I once straightened an old fucked up guitar neck by soaking it for a couple days in a tub of water and then hanging weights off it in strategic places while it dried out.
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That's cool AF, bro!

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