renablistic Posted January 26, 2004 Report Share Posted January 26, 2004 well i bought a neck off litch, a maple bass neck. I bought it to use the back on a big guitar at the end of the year, since it was only 20 bucks. Well, I want a new guitar NOW, so i've decided to build a cheap guitar, NOW. (in the next month or so) I don't want to go through a lot details, but I'm gonna cut the bass fretboard down to size, and build a back out of cheap maple. Truss rods are expensive (sorta) so i was wondering, could i cut out like 6 or so inches out of teh middle of the truss rod, and then re-weld the two back together? Or is there a correct way to do it, that's supposed to work? It's an ibanez neck, probably a pretty basic truss rod.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jstoup111 Posted January 26, 2004 Report Share Posted January 26, 2004 what ive seen is you cut the end with the threads as you need it and then put new threads on. but ive seen truss rods for around $8 im not sure how well it works though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renablistic Posted January 26, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2004 yea, i thought of those while i was typing the post. I haven't taken the fretboard off yet... so i don't know.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www Posted January 26, 2004 Report Share Posted January 26, 2004 Is the fretboard fretted? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renablistic Posted January 26, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2004 fretless. I want a fretless electric. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krazyderek Posted January 27, 2004 Report Share Posted January 27, 2004 sell the truss rod on ebay, or on here, and get a proper guitar one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lex Luthier Posted January 27, 2004 Report Share Posted January 27, 2004 I needed a truss rod for a mandolin I built, so I ripped apart the neck of my old Samick, and cut the truss rod in half and then went to my old highschool and had the metal shop teacher reweld it for me. I made the neck of the mandolin a bit thicker plus gave it an Ebony fingerboard, and the rigidity of the rod itself made the neck quite strong, so I didn't even need to use the rod the set the relief, so I never actually fully used the truss rod, but it most likely works fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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