fretboardninja Posted December 12, 2006 Report Share Posted December 12, 2006 Ok so on a neck thru guitar, does the truss rod extend all the way to the end of the neck or does it just go to the end of the fingerboard? I tried looking at the neck thru tutorial but the images are disabled, any idea how I could see it? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doeringer Posted December 12, 2006 Report Share Posted December 12, 2006 It is the same as on a bolt on or set neck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted December 12, 2006 Report Share Posted December 12, 2006 neither..it stops 18" from where it starts...and i start mine right under the nut.sorry about the images in that "tutorial" the site i had them on crashed a few years ago and the backups were on the computer my ex wife took when she left.. lost and never to be recovered...the pics i mean.they were pretty good pics too. but like i said...i start the truss rod adjustmrernt end flush with where the nut sits...so that i can adjust it easy...and the rod is 18" long..if i remember right(i am not at home to check my notes)that puts it ending right under the 19th fret or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fryovanni Posted December 12, 2006 Report Share Posted December 12, 2006 The comments above are good. Your truss rod is used to adjust the neck from the nut to basically where the body and heel join up(you will not have much luck moving the body with a truss rod if you extend it further into the body, and could potentially compramise the fretboard if it was too far over the body** something will give and it is not likely the body). Ideally I like to have the end of the block(rod side-basically where the rods start) close to the neck/body joint, and the other end close to the string nut(depending on the scale and neck to body location I make the best compramise I can). I do use standard off the shelf truss rods same as Wes. So my location is limited by materials. Peace,Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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