Sep 14, 2005 01:55 pm It's "Truss Rod" and I have always just used my eye...
Measuring Thrust rod adjustments with a rule?
Posted on Sep 14, 2005 01:53 pm
General FYAH
Melodic Master Mind
Member Since: Apr 19, 2004
well i am using the edge of the rule and placing it on the frets, its almost the lenght of the whole fret board...and i just look to see if there is any space in between or hump in the middle......is this a good practise? cause i rather this way than using the filler gauges...much easier....altho i never seen this way taught online or anything.maybe if its good, i invented a new way lol....thanks
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Sep 14, 2005 01:55 pm It's "Truss Rod" and I have always just used my eye...
Sep 14, 2005 02:20 pm ok well i was just helping my friend set up his here, thanks for the quick response....can't wait to get mine :-D
Sep 14, 2005 02:21 pm Here's how I do it:
Fret the first and thirteenth frets, and look at the gap between the frets and the string all along the neck, it should be relatively even (as dB-Wan noted, use your eyes....and ears). Another trick is to fret the 12th, and stick a pick between the frets and the string. If the pick falls out, it's too high (assuming you don't use mammoth-sized picks, or play with very high action). If it frets out (buzzes), there's more work ahead.
Using a rule is all very well and good in the construction phase, or in a refretting, but your eyes are your best friends in an adjustment.
The rule should give you a good idea where the "bump" is, but there's usually more to it than just getting the bump out. You're checking your intonation after the adjustment, right?
Sep 14, 2005 02:37 pm yea well i thinking to get or make sure the neck is straight first and then i will set the intonation after..well i think i should set the action b4 the intonation
Sep 14, 2005 02:43 pm my friend left already but we seem to set up everything there the intonation was good and everything.......i tried that 12th fret pick trick on my acoustic just to see cause my acoustic is done straight of course...thanks man...well i got medium fender pics and medium planet waves pics so i guess is like those u talking about....but the thin pick sliding out
Sep 15, 2005 11:33 am what i do is put a capo on the first fret and fret the 13th fret @ the same time and check the gap @ the 5th fret..
Sep 15, 2005 12:05 pm Exactly, XTC. (BTW: Just got - Okay, so I'm behind the curve - "Apple Venus Volume 2...NICE!)
Of course, sighting down the neck from the bridge to the nut will show immediately if you have a serious wobble.
Sep 15, 2005 03:50 pm TallChap thats a great album!! love the guitar work on it...
wait a second he wanted to know how to adjust his thrust rod!! thats a whole different ball game, ive been trying to get the right hand bow out of my thrust rod for years.. wa ha ah aha ha
Sep 15, 2005 08:54 pm what yuh talking bout xtc? LOL LOL LOL
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