MrValentine Posted April 12, 2010 Report Share Posted April 12, 2010 Would no truss rod be ok on a padouk/wenge neck? If not would a carbon fiber rod be sufficent? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supplebanana Posted April 12, 2010 Report Share Posted April 12, 2010 i'd always use a truss rod - no matter what wood used..... you can't adjust the neck for humidity/temperature/string gauge without one.... if you went up in a light aircraft without a parachute & the engine failed..... - i'd rather have one & not need it than need it & not have one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akula Posted April 12, 2010 Report Share Posted April 12, 2010 i'd rather have one & not need it than need it & not have one. +1 For a fairly standard scale length, truss rods are cheap, pretty easy to install if you have a straight edge to guide your router. Much rather have one and never adjust it than get your guitar strung up and realise you have a half inch action at 24th fret... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrValentine Posted April 12, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2010 (edited) Hmmm...ok...what brand of truss do you recommend? Stewmac's hotrods seem to be pretty good... Edited April 12, 2010 by MrValentine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Kaniff Posted April 16, 2010 Report Share Posted April 16, 2010 forgive me for my ignorance, but are truss rods removable? would I be able to replace a truss rod in my guitar, or is it a permanent fixture? (and if broken, permanently broken?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killemall8 Posted April 16, 2010 Report Share Posted April 16, 2010 forgive me for my ignorance, but are truss rods removable? would I be able to replace a truss rod in my guitar, or is it a permanent fixture? (and if broken, permanently broken?) you woudl have to take off the fretboard, and put a new one on after. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotYou Posted April 16, 2010 Report Share Posted April 16, 2010 Hmmm...ok...what brand of truss do you recommend? Stewmac's hotrods seem to be pretty good... I think the Hotrods are great. Just make sure they're in tight or they can rattle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Kaniff Posted April 16, 2010 Report Share Posted April 16, 2010 forgive me for my ignorance, but are truss rods removable? would I be able to replace a truss rod in my guitar, or is it a permanent fixture? (and if broken, permanently broken?) you woudl have to take off the fretboard, and put a new one on after. Is that a major replacement? Difficult? Just speaking hypothetically... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killemall8 Posted April 16, 2010 Report Share Posted April 16, 2010 Yes, i would consider that major... Its been done a lot though, not for replacing a truss rod, but for replacing a fretboard.... Check the main site, there is a tutorial there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwedishLuthier Posted April 17, 2010 Report Share Posted April 17, 2010 Old Ric trussrods are supposed to be able to slid out of the neck. Have not tried it but I think Melvyn Hiscock mentions that in his book. I used to use the hotrods exclusively. After i got one with a faulty Allen nut (just a round hole were the wrench should go) I started to look els were. I know that Stumac offers to replace all those faulty rods that went out a couple of years ago but that triggered my curiosity for alternatives. I now use a rod available from Allied Luthiers among others: http://www.alliedlutherie.com/truss_rods.htm It is probably an Asian made one as it is available from a multitude of suppliers. The main advantage is physical size. They need only a 9mm/.35" deep rout in the neck compared to 11.1mm/.44" for the hotrod. The functionality of the two rods are the same. If I would try to evaluate the quality of the two rods I would say that the welded version has a greater tendency to to rattle and feels a bit more straight forward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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