I have 3 Gibson guitars, but no trussrod tool

TimmyO

 is someone somewhere stockpiling them? 

Tried both my local shops and neither can sell me one.

And the cheap ones on Amazon/eBay take "up to" 30 days to ship pfft 

Jonathangus

Got one of these recently.  Arrived in a couple of days.

TimmyO

Bugger

I’ve just spent double that Inc delivery! 

Jonathangus

TBF, delivery was another £3.50 on top.  But you're right, trying to buy one in a shop - nope.

DB1

Funnily enough, I've got 13 Gibsons and didn't have a truss rod tool until last night, when I took in a Custom Shop Pat Martino as a trade for something, and found that it actually had a truss rod tool with it. I'm too dangerous to use it though, but it's a nice ornament. If the timing had have been different, you could have had it! 

Jonathanthomas83

Get in touch with @FelineGuitars, he's got a glorious arsenal of goodies that can do that and more.

terada

I too haven't had one with any of my gibsons, weird. 

RandallFlagg

I use a socket from my socket set and use the screwdriver handle tool. My R8 rarely needs adjusting though, the fat neck is rock solid and only needs a tweak if I change string gauge

FelineGuitars

5/16" box spanner or socket

Or get the cruz multitool that now has one on it - we keep these in stock

clarkefan

Gibson's custom shop manager gave me one of those when he gave us a tour of the place years ago, if I can find it you can have it

Henrytwang

I’ve got a couple which I think came with new Gibson guitars. I’ve never found one with a used guitar. l guess that they get lost because most of  the used Gibson’s I’ve bought have come with the original case and documents but not the truss rod adjusting tool. It’s a bit of a pain if you don’t have it because most used guitars you buy require some neck relief to suit your string gauges and playing style.

TimmyO

FelineGuitars said:

5/8" box spanner or socket

Or get the cruz multitool that now has one on it - we keep these in stock

5/8 or 5/16 ?

Frustratingly I have a Cruztool already but mine doesn't have the truss rod tool on it :-( 

I've ordered a wrench - should have it in a couple of days.

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Course as soon as I'd done that I found my PRS one while looking for the football pump haha 

ICBM

FelineGuitars said:

5/8" box spanner or socket

Guitar_Slinger

TimmyO said:

Of
Course as soon as I'd done that I found my PRS one while looking for the football pump haha 

Lol. Are we going to see pictures of your football boots before the guitar then?

TimmyO

Guitar_Slinger said:

TimmyO said:

Of
Course as soon as I'd done that I found my PRS one while looking for the football pump haha 

Lol. Are we going to see pictures of your football boots before the guitar then?

I don't have football boots. The pump is for Zach's new American Football! 

Phil_aka_Pip

I also have 3 Gibsons and no truss-rod tool. However they are all set up by Colin, and rarely need adjustment. i don't need a truss-rod tool, I just need a Colin.

FelineGuitars

ICBM said:

FelineGuitars said:

5/8" box spanner or socket

Now you're talking 
I did of course mean 5/16"