sb guitars Posted February 28, 2009 Report Share Posted February 28, 2009 (edited) Any comments on this? http://galileo.spaceports.com/~fishbake/strat/truss.htm his page is great and more than informative Edited February 28, 2009 by sb guitars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sb guitars Posted February 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2009 To the 20 or so people that took a look at this post....Is this truss rod, in your opinions, better than the common ones that are just a single unbent rod.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fookgub Posted February 28, 2009 Report Share Posted February 28, 2009 Pretty standard design for a DIY truss rod. This rod works in a flat bottomed cavity, as opposed to the Fender-style truss rods. I don't really trust the bending, though. Not that I've tried it myself, but it seems like it would weaken the rod in that area, possibly leading to breakage in the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted February 28, 2009 Report Share Posted February 28, 2009 Do not do that.The heating of the rod and the extreme bending causes the steel to lose it's temper and become brittle.I work with steel every day Also,even though I realize it is the same concept as a two way rod,the round end is not nearly as stable as the brass nut used by stewmac and others,and the block at the top is not long enough to counter the twisting force placed on the threaded rod by the nut.. And cheap threaded rod like you find most places is inferior to the steel used in the Hotrod... less than $20 is a small expense to try to get out of considering the importance of that member of the "drivechain" of a guitar... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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