Gibson Truss Rod Nut

He used the threading die from a truss rod rescue kit to clean the exposed truss rod threads.

Gibson truss rod nut. Gibson don t tend to mask the truss rod cavity terribly well before spraying so you can see that some of the nuts in these images have lacquer on them even over the ground away portion. The truss rod adjustment on a gibson les paul is done using its brass nut at the headstock end of the neck located under the truss rod cover funnily enough. 16 yinettech metal truss rod box wrench tool for electric guitar 7mm outer dia box spanner 2 1 out of 5 stars 5. Carbon fiber round truss rod 5 5mm diameter.

5 16 hex brass 5 16 length 10 32 thread. Gibson used short taper truss rod nuts from the late teens into the early 1950s. The short taper leaves more metal for the hex sides which gives wrenches a good grip. 20 20 product ratings truss rod 5 16 hex box wrench with philips on handle for gibson guitar.

Carbon fiber rectangular truss rod 118 3mm x 315 8mm 7 99. Guitar truss rod wrench luthier tool for 8mm 5 16 gibson nut brand new 3 9 out of 5 stars 3 9 16 9. Your guitar must be tuned to pitch using your preferred gauge of strings when you do this and under tension or it simply won t be correct. Brass truss rod nut for gibson guitars.

Interestingly these nuts sit lower than the headstock facing so it looks like the damage occurred as the face of the headstock was being prepped to receive. Now the nut will come off with less chance of binding up and snapping off the end of the truss rod. He backed off the nut with a 5 16 gibson size truss rod wrench and cleaned lubed the threads inside it.