Truss rod adjusty parts

Handsome_Chris

Why are some at the headstock and some at the other end?

ICBM

Design choice by the builder.

More importantly, why don't all guitars have truss rods that can be removed and replaced without having to take the fingerboard off or do other major surgery to the neck? It's perfectly possible.

WezV

I used to put all mine at the body end because it made the build much easier.

I now do most at the head end because it makes life easier, but it can remove a lot of wood from the weakest point of the neck.

Fuzzdog

Just to confuse matters more, some even have it on the side. :-O

http://www.warmoth.com/guitar/necks/sideadjust.aspx

An instrument has to be incredibly special for me to buy it if it doesn't let me adjust the truss rod from the headstock end.

ICBM

Or you can do it like this - body end adjuster but doesn't require the neck off to adjust it.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-npQjp5NHmmQ/TlcBJx6E__I/AAAAAAAAAFY/QVRx0fdkzkk/s1600/Aria+Pro+II+RS+Standard.jpg

GuitarMonkey

I've just replaced the truss rod in a Parker P-38. I had to remove some wood at the heel around the adjuster but then the rod just slid out as it isn't anchored at the nut.

I slid the new rod in and made a nice maple plug for the end. Job done.

ICBM

GuitarMonkey said:

I've just replaced the truss rod in a Parker P-38. I had to remove some wood at the heel around the adjuster but then the rod just slid out as it isn't anchored at the nut.

I slid the new rod in and made a nice maple plug for the end. Job done.

Still annoying that you should need to do that. Warwick and Rickenbacker rods (for example) are removable without doing any damage at all, so if they can do it, why can't everyone else!