How to Adjust a Martin Truss Rod
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ต.ค. 2024
- This is how I adjust a Martin truss rod. The principle works with other truss rods, but you'll have to adapt your technique.
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Great explanation especially the super glue bottle. (Full disclosure: I used to fix car interiors back in the vinyl seat days, and could fix a bead with a dab of super glue and pick up $25 for the effort, back in the 1970s!)
Your video goes half the way in addressing my question (see my comment on restringing a Martin) about which direction to wind the strings!
A very gifted communicator you are, well done sir!
Thanks!
You had me confused with the super glue bottle for a minute. I had to tighten finger board nuts on my Bourgeois. That was some mental and physical task. Never thought of pre-stressing neck, but it makes sense for relief adjustment. BTW, if you double over a post-it-note, that's about .005.
Some things may take a minute to grasp. :) Oh... yeah.. the Bourgie f/board nuts!!!! That's an easy neck to work on, but those nuts will cramp your fingers up after the 6th time. Paper is a good tip... I started out using picks and coins and I forget about those things because I've got a set of feeler gauges right in front of my face. They're only $7 at any auto parts store or WalMart in the country... everyone oughta have a set.
Someone famous... Dudenbostel or Randy Lucas or someone like that... showed me the pre-stress thing very early on and it is almost essential for mandolin necks.
@@Bryankimsey I rechecked my action. Found some old feeler gauges - compared .002+.003=.005 with post-it-note X2 with caliper. Loosened truss rod about 1/8 turn. Took it from about .004 to .005. Surprisingly, my fingers could tell the difference!
Bought guitar from a dealer in England last year. Delivered tuned to pitch, no headstock padding, flimsy box, but arrived intact. Neck would creak with pressure. Bourgeois advised tightening f/board nuts, OK now.
Thanks for your great videos!
@@Bryankimsey BTW, had an old 70 D-28 and later D-35. I didn't know enough then to know if intonation was OK. Sold D-35 to Scotty Wiseman up the road in NC. Saw it later with Lula Belle in a book about country music.
Fingers can be VERY sensitive!!!
I don't think the misplaced bridge was common knowledge at all until fairly recently.
Hi, Kimsey. I just purchased a new D15e yesterday. It is my first Martin (and it was made in Mexico, the quality is actually amazing). I noticed the truss rod adjustment access is REALLY deep; I need a mirror and flashlight to even see it. Is this across the board with all Martins? Not sure what size Allen key I’d need since it was MIM.
5 mm. Use the long end of a hardware store truss rod. You need about 4" of length. See this:
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@@Bryankimsey thank you, sir! Much respect.
Which direction or motion to lower the strings to the fingerboard..?
When you check the relief why hold the guitar resting in your neck creating unwanted stress and relief just by holding it like that. Doesnt seem like a lot of experience to me.
Measure it yourself both ways and you'll see if makes no difference at all unless you have a rubber neck. You can check the relief however YOU want. I do it that way so I can backlight the gap and get a good measurement. You should perhaps check my "experience"... quick Google oughta get you there. I have tested almost everything I do and you should probably watch this one, too:
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