Phil Mailloux Posted August 28, 2006 Report Share Posted August 28, 2006 I'm looking at some ebay truss rods, the seller is "reduction musical instrucment shop" based in Hong Kong. The rods are cheap, the seller tries to screw the buyer by charging $40 for shipping but that's still cheap for me for 6 rods. Has anyone tried those rods? Are they half-way decent? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fryovanni Posted August 28, 2006 Report Share Posted August 28, 2006 I'm looking at some ebay truss rods, the seller is "reduction musical instrucment shop" based in Hong Kong. The rods are cheap, the seller tries to screw the buyer by charging $40 for shipping but that's still cheap for me for 6 rods. Has anyone tried those rods? Are they half-way decent? I have not tried those rods. I have been getting my truss rods from Allied (two way). They sell them for $7.50 each if you buy 12 or more. The quality has been very good. They are very compact also (nice for thin neck apps.). The rods on that auction are darn cheap @ $50 per. 6 shipped. Peace,Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
american_jesus Posted August 28, 2006 Report Share Posted August 28, 2006 just a word of caution...watch out for sellers that are in hong kong and thailand, china etc...a lot of them are just scams that send the picture, and keep your money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Mailloux Posted August 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2006 Thanks for the tip Rich, I'll go for those ones. They look exactly like the ones I've been using and I like them already. I'm sure the quality is much better than the chinese ones too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erikbojerik Posted August 28, 2006 Report Share Posted August 28, 2006 Maybe you can get them to throw in one of those $1.99 Les Pauls as well....."rare electric guitar appliance tool" !!! ...on second thought, maybe not. FWIW, I also like the Allied truss rods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
custom22 Posted August 28, 2006 Report Share Posted August 28, 2006 (edited) Yea, with 400 bucks shipping. I actually just recieved 5 DPDT On On On switches from a seller in Hong Kong for about 10 bucks total. Something like a switch cant be but so bad right? After all they are made there. They are fine, and would have cost about 12 bucks each. Shipping took about two weeks, but i was in no hurry. Make sure they dont have private feedback. Edited August 28, 2006 by custom22 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spazzyone Posted August 28, 2006 Report Share Posted August 28, 2006 Maybe you can get them to throw in one of those $1.99 Les Pauls as well....."rare electric guitar appliance tool" !!! ...on second thought, maybe not. FWIW, I also like the Allied truss rods. Dont forget they are also "fairly magical and exquisite" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay5 Posted August 29, 2006 Report Share Posted August 29, 2006 Those are rods that you can get from any of the overseas mfg's (usually in Asia somewhere) for about a buck a piece, if that. I imagine that they are the same rods you would find in that extremely rare $1.99 LP. I will have to agree with Rich, the Allied rods are great. I wouldnt skimp on somthing integral to a guitar that can't be replaced (at least marginally easily) down the road. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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