Acoustic Guitar Truss Rod Adjustment Soundhole

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Acoustic guitar truss rod adjustment soundhole. Soundhole truss rod wrenches allen ball end for easy access. Your truss rod needs adjustment when the neck of your guitar has too much or too little upbow or too much backbow. Our special right angle wrenches provide clearance under the guitar s braces for adjusting the truss rod through the soundhole. If you don t see a cover or a notch for the truss rod in the headstock look through the soundhole towards the neck to spot the truss rod.

When a quality guitar leaves the factory the truss rod is adjusted according to the maker s taste in setup specs. Leave a comment about your experience adjusting your truss rod and include your own tips. Tightening or loosening the adjustment nut adds or lessens pressure on the rod and neck. The neck of most guitars has what s known as a truss rod which is a one or two piece adjustable metal rod that goes down the inside of the center of the neck.

The access for adjusting the truss rod on an acoustic guitar is normally found either. Different manufacturers put them in different places but they re usually at the headstock under a cap just behind the nut or where the neck joins the body just under. With some acoustic guitars you can only adjust the truss rod through the soundhole. 3 sweetwater writer how to setup your electric.

The deal of the century. 2 marguerite pastella types of truss rods may 3 2011 available from fret not guitar repair. Dave shows us how to adjust the truss rod on the neck of an acoustic guitar to help alleviate those annoying buzzing sounds your guitar can make after awhile. You can adjust the truss rod with a nut located at one end.

2 fit the appropriate hex key to turn your truss rod. Our veteran guitar technicians developed these high quality steel truss rod wrenches for the repair shop.