Cort Curbow Truss Rod Adjustment: Which Tool?

[Jazzdogg]

I recently acquired a Cort Curbow five-string in my quest for a lightweight fiver, and when I replaced the strings with flats (personal preference) the difference in tension resulted in far too much "relief;" I need to adjust the truss rod.

Problem is, even when using a magnifying glass, I can't see the end of the recessed truss rod well enough to tell what kind of tool is needed (Old eyes )

Can anyone tell me which tool to use?

Thanks!

 

[Jazzdogg]

Any Cort Curbow owners out there who can help a brother out?

 

[BFS_Bass]

My Cort Curbow came with two allen wrenches. A good luthier should be able to set it up for you with his or her bag of tools.

 

[ehque]

Just use successively smaller allen keys until you reach the right one. I'm quite certain it uses allen keys or what you may call hex wrenches. Used to own one myself.

 

[Jazzdogg]

Thanks for your replies.

I guess I'll have to take the Curbow with me to the hardware store and start trying different hex keys/allen wrenches until I find one that fits; perhaps it's damaged or metric, but none of the allen wrenches in my tool box seem to fit.

 

[Jazzdogg]

I was finally able to use a ball-end 5/32" kex key to make the necessary truss rod adjustment; for some reason, an ordinary straight-sided hex key just wouldn't gain admittance to the nether regions of the Curbow's truss rod cavity.

Thanks for you suggestions!