Briand Posted November 17, 2005 Report Share Posted November 17, 2005 What is your favorite truss rod to use? If you want to say why please do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattia Posted November 17, 2005 Report Share Posted November 17, 2005 StewMac's HotRod, generally with the 1/8" allen nut adjustment, although I've used the spoke adjuster once or twice. Good quality, easy to install, very effective (ie, good adjustment range), price is good enough for me. Have a stack that'll last me into the next decade, probably. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gripper Posted November 17, 2005 Report Share Posted November 17, 2005 The single-acting dual rod ones seem the be the easiest to put in and treat the neck rather gently. It is also cool that you don't have to anchor them in the neck. If you have an angled headstock and it is routed to allow it, you can loosen and remove a rod to change it. There are necks I guess that need more correction then a single-acting can do but that has not been a problem for me(yet). Have you seen a Gotoh side-adjust rod setup? way cool but I don't think they sell them to the public and they look hard to install with all the extra routing and drilling. Side adjust ROCKS! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveq Posted November 17, 2005 Report Share Posted November 17, 2005 I like the LMI dual action rod but since it's so expensive, I tend to go with stewmac's hot rod more often. I don't think the installation gets any easier than these - just route the channel and you're pretty much done. BTW - the reason I like the LMI rod is because of it's height. The stewmac rod isn't bad either though - it's about 1/16 bigger if I remember correctly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitarfrenzy Posted November 17, 2005 Report Share Posted November 17, 2005 I personally like the ones from Allied Lutheire as they are like the LMI ones but for a better price. I've never had any problems with them either, and they only need a 3/8" deep slot so you can make you necks even thinner safely. I have used the Hot Rod's from Stew Mac and they also work great, but if your thinking of a 19mm and thinner neck, your going to want a thinner truss rod. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mynamesucks Posted November 17, 2005 Report Share Posted November 17, 2005 The only experience ive had with truss rods is the alluminium U case one from david at luthierssupplies. its only 10mm high and wide, its made my neck very strong too as i epoxied it in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hughes Posted November 18, 2005 Report Share Posted November 18, 2005 i make mine. "compression" truss rod is what someone here called it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwedishLuthier Posted November 19, 2005 Report Share Posted November 19, 2005 I use the Hot Rod from StewMac. Never had any problem with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay66 Posted November 19, 2005 Report Share Posted November 19, 2005 I used the duel action From Grizzly Industrial in the project I'm working on now. They are shallower than stew macs Hot rod, for a thinner neck and also are covered to keep glue out of the threads. Jay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M_A_T_T Posted November 19, 2005 Report Share Posted November 19, 2005 I really like StewMacs hot-rod because the dual action allowed me to install it upside-down so the slot for the adjusting nut didn't have to be so deep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwedishLuthier Posted November 20, 2005 Report Share Posted November 20, 2005 I really like StewMacs hot-rod because the dual action allowed me to install it upside-down so the slot for the adjusting nut didn't have to be so deep. ← I've done the same thing, but I always forget that when adjusting, and starts turning the allen key the whrong way only to realise that I have to think the other way around after the first complete turn or so Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fryovanni Posted November 21, 2005 Report Share Posted November 21, 2005 I prefer the LMI. The flat stock is a nice feature, and of course less depth required is a big plus. Allied seems to be pretty similar. and I think I will check them out. P.S. I also use Stew Mac's Hot Rods, but I prefer LMI's style. Peace,Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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