I’ve only worked on older guitars that didn’t have the dual action rod. I thought my truss rod was stripped or broken. Thanks for explaining how there is no tension on these when you go between push and pull. I’m sleeping much better at night now!
Good stuff . I can nail a set up with one rod all day . But I never tried a 2 rod. I have a 1967 Standel acoustic that has alot of relief. One because it's got a bow from being so old, the entire guitar gets concave, but the neck does need adjustment . Thanks
Ok I dont get it. If it tightens if you turn clockwise and ALSO tightens counterclockwise... Then how do I get relief if I need to ? (Pardon my english is far from perfect).
Depends on your perspective...are you facing the nut or facing the rod? Easiest way is use a jar with a lid. Orient it so that jar is the rod, the lid is the nut. Tightening reduces relief. Loosening increases.
Hello Sir. I bought an acoustic a few years ago and because im an idiot i tried adjusting the truss rod about the second day i had it. i wanted to raise the strings a little because of buzzing anyway i turned the rod a little and now the rod just turns without doing anything. my question is is there an easy fix or is it hopeless ?
Uh oh. It's unusual to actually snap one. It may be spinning in the neck, especially if it's a PacRim with a single compression rod. So... yeah....bad news probably.
@@Bryankimsey thats what figured. just thought i would see what someone experienced had to say. its a cheap epiphone so im not too concerned about it. thank you.
What'd I'd try to do, before doing anything invasive and expensive, is to drill a hole over the truss rod at the end opposite the adjustment nut, and feed in West Systems thin epoxy via a syringe. If your adjustment nut is at the headstock, I'd go to the 12th fret. If adjustment is inside the body, I'd go to the 1st fret (there's often a nice cavity under the nut). This would lock the truss rod back down again and it should work. What's odd about your case is that you were _loosening_ it and that's why I don't think you snapped anything. I think it's probably turning.
I’ve only worked on older guitars that didn’t have the dual action rod. I thought my truss rod was stripped or broken. Thanks for explaining how there is no tension on these when you go between push and pull. I’m sleeping much better at night now!
Great information. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Thank you very much for this video!
Good stuff . I can nail a set up with one rod all day . But I never tried a 2 rod. I have a 1967 Standel acoustic that has alot of relief. One because it's got a bow from being so old, the entire guitar gets concave, but the neck does need adjustment . Thanks
Very informative, thanks!
Hi Bryan - Love your videos/work! - How backed up is your workload before you could take on another mid 70's D-28? Cheers!
I don't know. Mid-Spring at least. E-mail me. Bryankimsey@gmail.com
But did you turn clock wise or counter clock wise. You never said ?
CW tightens = less relief.
Ok I dont get it. If it tightens if you turn clockwise and ALSO tightens counterclockwise... Then how do I get relief if I need to ? (Pardon my english is far from perfect).
No ..the TOP rod tightens if you go counter and that increases relief
So, correct me if I’m wrong. Clockwise to add relief, counterclockwise to take out relief? I’ve adjusted single rods before but not a dual.
Depends on your perspective...are you facing the nut or facing the rod? Easiest way is use a jar with a lid. Orient it so that jar is the rod, the lid is the nut. Tightening reduces relief. Loosening increases.
@@Bryankimsey yeah, I got that, but wasn’t sure with the dual action rod if it was the same righty tightly lefty loosey analogy:)
Exactly the same. Two way can physically add relief, one way can't.
Hello Sir. I bought an acoustic a few years ago and because im an idiot i tried adjusting the truss rod about the second day i had it. i wanted to raise the strings a little because of buzzing anyway i turned the rod a little and now the rod just turns without doing anything. my question is is there an easy fix or is it hopeless ?
Uh oh. It's unusual to actually snap one. It may be spinning in the neck, especially if it's a PacRim with a single compression rod. So... yeah....bad news probably.
@@Bryankimsey thats what figured. just thought i would see what someone experienced had to say. its a cheap epiphone so im not too concerned about it. thank you.
What'd I'd try to do, before doing anything invasive and expensive, is to drill a hole over the truss rod at the end opposite the adjustment nut, and feed in West Systems thin epoxy via a syringe. If your adjustment nut is at the headstock, I'd go to the 12th fret. If adjustment is inside the body, I'd go to the 1st fret (there's often a nice cavity under the nut). This would lock the truss rod back down again and it should work.
What's odd about your case is that you were _loosening_ it and that's why I don't think you snapped anything. I think it's probably turning.
Th sir