Gibson Truss Rod Maxed Out

The truss rod has more than enough adjustment room now.

Gibson truss rod maxed out. When a rod is maxed out like yours is it s not. Truss rod nut max ed out. You can see about 1 8 of rusty truss rod sticking out of the adjusting nut. This video assumes you are.

The truss rod is used to adjust the amount of back bow curvature in your neck it is not used to manage string height. The washer really a spacer in htis application moves the nut. I was rather surprised to see it when i popped the neck off. Make a spacer standoff instead.

Finding the exact size washers is near impossible. Normally tightening the truss rod would pull the neck back into line but this rod seemed to be as tight as it could go. Some older untouched instruments may also show resistance when the threads between the rod and nut corrode. Since the truss rod was maxed out and couldn t get the neck any straighter i first did a heat press on the neck which i set up to introduce a good bit of back bow with no string tension and the truss rod completely relaxed.

Truss rods can break if too much tension is placed on an already maxed out truss rod so caution is warranted. The threads on the rod and is up against the solid non threaded main section of the rod. It s in a five piece laminate maple walnut neck. The truss rod is as tight as it will go and the neck still has way too much relief in it.

This job used to be so hard that guitar necks got thrown away as unfixable dan erlewine shows that it s now pretty simple with stewmac truss rod rescue to. That the rod can t handle any more load tension. That s a sign that the truss rod s been tightened to its maximum and beyond. I have a fender jaguar from the 90s that had a maxed out truss rod.

The truss rod is there to counteract the tension supplied by the strings on the neck which cause it to want to curve upward. Don t add washer make a spacer from an old nut. Btw it has worked well and that neck is arrow straight. It s just that the nut has found the limit of the.