Need help with a vintage Fender neck

1/4 turn... per day

 

Nuts. Adjust the neck to where you need it TODAY. you may need a tweak or two after a day or two but this 1/4 a day is absolute nonsense as has been said here many times by professionals.

 

What 96Tbird said. Adjust as needed.

 

Yeah more "extreme" adjustments are fine to an extent. Just understand that it might "settle" after such an adjustment so you may have to go back and do small adjustments afterwards a couple times.

 

Well if you need to tighten it a lot, clamp it so the truss nut isn't doing all the work. watch this.

 

Why? What purpose does this serve?

 

What purpose is served by stringing out the time to perform the repair?

 

I think what everyone is saying is that a full turn takes about 3 seconds longer than 1\4 turn. If you're lazy do it all at once and be done with it.

 

I'm all for adjusting the truss rod to where it needs to be, but I have a couple basses that if I adjust a significant amount today, they will need opposite adjustment tomorrow. It all depends on how much they need to be adjusted. I think others have experienced this phenomenon, which is why they advise small increment adjustments. I've learned to do the small increment adjustments on those basses that tend to "keep moving" after adjustment. It's easier to slowly approach the correct relief than adjust past it two or three times. Strangely enough, the bass I have that is the worst for continuing to move after adjustment has a graphite neck.

 

That's very different.

I think some people subscribe to the tiny incremental method because they think the wood is so fragile it will crack unless done in minute amounts per day, as if the wood somehow 'heals itself' in between daily adjustments.

 

An exception to a method of repair is no reason to rewrite the protocol. Furthermore, recommending it only serves to spread misinformation. That supports the myths that have been debunked.

Not recommended. And not right.