vintage Lowden truss rod adjustments

Evilmags

Could someone tell me how to do this. Accessing the rod is a nightmare. I'd really appreciate the thoughts of a pro as it is the only guitar I can't do it on that I've ever seen. Help me ICBM .....

ourmaninthenorth

I seem to recall that Lowden had a special tool made which they sent out if asked - essentially an odd shaped 5mm allen key type thing. Why not give George Lowden a bell and ask him to send you one. 

Paul_C

if it's recessed too far for a std. allen key to reach then what I do is stick the long end in and then use a ring spanner on the other end to turn it.

ICBM

It's not deeply recessed, it's much worse than that - up behind the top brace. You either need some sort of special Allen key with a kink in it which I've never seen, or just to slacken the strings and get your hand up under the fingerboard with an ordinary one...

Paul_C

ah, ok - never encountered one.

ourmaninthenorth

Top one is the Lowden wrench, bottom one a bastardised Larrivee.