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01-31-2011, 08:16 AM
| | | | Epiphone Thunderbird Truss Rod Adjustment
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Hi ive got a epiphone thunderbird and need to loosen the truss rod as the action is too high. Just wanted to find out what size or type of allen key i would need.
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01-31-2011, 08:31 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Germantown, Louisville KY USA | | | First off, please read info about doing guitar setups. You don't loosen a truss rod to "correct" high action.
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01-31-2011, 01:11 PM
| | | | ive read about it tonnes, ive adjusted the bridge, and tried changing the guage of my strings, but it definately seems like the truss rod is kinda bowed out, i can actually see it. But i cant seem to find the correct allen key to use? |
01-31-2011, 01:35 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Fort Collins, Colorado | | | If your action is too high, then loosening your truss rod will make it worse. That's not the problem.
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01-31-2011, 04:02 PM
| | | | how is that? |
01-31-2011, 04:07 PM
| | | | u tighten the rod to make the neck straight, the neck naturally bows with the string tension |
01-31-2011, 04:29 PM
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Originally Posted by HeatherMc  how is that? | Like the man said: "First off, please read info about doing guitar setups. You don't loosen a truss rod to "correct" high action."
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02-01-2011, 06:14 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Germantown, Louisville KY USA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by HeatherMc ive read about it tonnes, ive adjusted the bridge, and tried changing the guage of my strings, but it definately seems like the truss rod is kinda bowed out, i can actually see it. But i cant seem to find the correct allen key to use? | Well then I suggest you read more. Try this, it's for a fretless bass but the relief and action steps apply to a fretted bass as well: http://www.garywillis.com/pages/bass...tupmanual.html
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02-01-2011, 09:52 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: maryland | | | if it's a bolt on neck, maybe it needs to be shimmed. |
02-17-2011, 02:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Diogenes | This link will help me with the set-up on my fretless. answered a lot of questions....thank you!
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02-17-2011, 05:41 PM
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Originally Posted by aquateen if it's a bolt on neck, maybe it needs to be shimmed. | Ha ha ha. Ha ha ha. Ha ha ha.
You funny guy... 
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