Gibson Truss Rod Maxed Out

Don t add washer make a spacer from an old nut.

Gibson truss rod maxed out. This video assumes you are. That the rod can t handle any more load tension. Truss rods can break if too much tension is placed on an already maxed out truss rod so caution is warranted. It s just that the nut has found the limit of the.

The threads on the rod and is up against the solid non threaded main section of the rod. Truss rod nut max ed out. This job used to be so hard that guitar necks got thrown away as unfixable dan erlewine shows that it s now pretty simple with stewmac truss rod rescue to. The truss rod is there to counteract the tension supplied by the strings on the neck which cause it to want to curve upward.

I saw your youtube video about your truss rod rescue tools and purchased the spacers immediately. I was rather surprised to see it when i popped the neck off. Some older untouched instruments may also show resistance when the threads between the rod and nut corrode. Make a spacer standoff instead.

I don t have a picture of the truss rod handy but my 1938 washburn was gibson built and has the same truss rod. It s in a five piece laminate maple walnut neck. That s a sign that the truss rod s been tightened to its maximum and beyond. Finding the exact size washers is near impossible.

When a rod is maxed out like yours is it s not. Btw it has worked well and that neck is arrow straight. Normally tightening the truss rod would pull the neck back into line but this rod seemed to be as tight as it could go. Since the truss rod was maxed out and couldn t get the neck any straighter i first did a heat press on the neck which i set up to introduce a good bit of back bow with no string tension and the truss rod completely relaxed.

The truss rod is used to adjust the amount of back bow curvature in your neck it is not used to manage string height. The washer really a spacer in htis application moves the nut. The truss rod is as tight as it will go and the neck still has way too much relief in it. 6188 for 10 32 rods used on gibson.