Just got my Dean Playmate Acoustic, need HELP setting it up~!!

[Damani311]

I like it, it's freaking huge but it's cool.

A) The trussrod is inside the body at the base of the neck, and the standard tool I have for this wont reach it.....do I need to go out and buy a separate allen wrench for this? Anyone know the gauge for the trussrod?

B) How do you change the strings on this thing? Do i have to pull them out through the hole in the body and reach into it?

Thanks

[Spinal Tapper]

I've got one of those. I love it! It's a real beast.

Not sure about the truss rod issue, but I changed my strings by pulling the plastic pegs out of the bridge and pulling through the hole. Make sure you have the same gauge strings that were in there though, because my E string was too fat and the peg doesn't push down into the bridge all the way now. It holds it in good, but it's more of a cosmetic issue.

[Damani311]

Heh so the pegs really pull out? Do you have to twist/screw it out, or just a straight pressure pull?

[Dirty Chris]

I have used a pair of dikes (sidecutters) to pry them out, using the bridge as the fulcrum. It really doesn't take much pressure. (This is on an MK, so maybe the Dean's are different???)

But, I know someone makes a bridge pin puller.