removing neck to adjust truss rod

[Jazz Ad]

It should actually be done with all screws you mount into existing wooden threads.

[abemo]

Originally Posted by Scott in Dallas

This is an invaluable suggestion, and it should be done with all screws that mount into wood instruments.

Screws or bolts into anything really. Works just as well for metal threads.

Thanks, btw, save my a** many times.

[kurosawa]

I have a finicky neck that takes frequent adjustment, and the screws aren't going in as tightly as they once did, so I bought threaded inserts for all my necks to eliminate the wear and tear on the raw wood. Just the same, as soon as I get everything the way I want and haul my lazy self down to Virginia Beach again, I'll ask Walter W. to rout a generous relief into a pair of pickguards and bodies so I can tweak the truss rod on the fly.

Does anyone know if I can get a replacement for the stock truss rod screw that has a hex instead of a cross? Seems so long as I use a screwdriver instead of a kex key, I'm still risking getting nicks on the pickguard.

[JEDI BASS]

I did this to my CIJ Fender '51 P with my dremel.

[tomersg]

Originally Posted by JEDI BASS

I did this to my CIJ Fender '51 P with my dremel.

I did that exactly mod to my MIJ 62 fender p bass.

(but i dont know if i could do that to MIA bass...)