yes there are still strings on it, its working fine, it doesnt even have a buzz or anything but i cant creat any tention at all its pretty loose as if its not connected to anything on the bottom, but the thing is that it USED to have tention. i recently bought this guitar and this was teh first time i was messing with the rod. it had tention in the begingin but then it went limp.
the nut+the rod, about an inch