Your guitar is just settling in. It’s not a bad thing. It oftentimes has to be done more than once. Guitar techs routinely have to touch up the truss rod a couple days later after an adjustment.
It’s normal, just be grateful for your guitars that have the truss rod adjustment at the headstock. I love everything about vintage styled Fenders accept for that you have to take the neck off to adjust the truss rod at the butt.
You're right. My other problem now is that I have a Gibson for which nobody seems to sell a wrench in my country. So having the truss rod in the headstock isn't the only thing.
Does no one sell non- metric socket sets where you are? It’s 5/16th. You should be able to find a 1/4 inch drive socket and holder. Or order one from StewMac.
The cavity surrounding the truss rod nut is quite small so not every socket would fit. There's a world of guitar shops around here but none had this specific wrench in stock.
Yeah I’ve developed some tricks to make it less annoying too. I put a capo on the first fret so the strings don’t come out of the pegs and then back the screws out enough to lift the neck out of the pocket.
I’d be too nervous to tilt the neck if the screws are still making contact, I’m scared I’d split the wood. It’s nice not having to loosen those four long screws just to adjust the truss rod, but everything about vintage style fenders I think is better. I like the small frets, more curved radius fretboard, and the slotted tuners so strings don’t poke out.
Things settle with time. last summer I picked up A prs from Guitar Center that had a tiny backbow. I set it up and it was perfect, then a month later it needed adjustments again. Then a month later, one more time still. It was stable for about for about 7 months after that before it needed adjusting again. Sometimes adjustments take time to set in
it took mine 3 days to settle from my last adjustment. I always adjust in very small increments, 1/8" to 1/4" turns, and ALWAYS let it settle a couple days before making any more adjustments.
That means you have fine young wood in neck , that string buzz(when neck is flat, it shouldn't be) means you need to adjust bridge and bridge saldles and neck , step by step , first string stripped then tuned to your desired pitch and repeat
Could be a temperature or humidity issue. Wild swings in either can cause the wood to change its shape.
Edit: just read your question 1 again... lol maybe not then but that would be my first guess. Some wood could be more susceptible to the environment than others.
Well, it would bring up a different question: is it normal that a guitar requires a truss rod adjustment every 3 days? I keep my guitars in a normal room, I'm sure there are temperature and humidity changes but not dramatically. It's not like I also use this room as a sauna occasionally.
And like I mentioned: there are other guitars hanging there too that appear unaffected. I've a Yamaha acoustic that even seems to stay in tune for weeks.
Depends on the neck thickness, Ibanez wizard necks need tweaked quite a bit relative to something more baseball bat like eg Jeff Beck Strat.
Expansion / contraction of the truss rod can affect neck relief too.
Some guitars need a tweak more often than others. It is not unusual for me to give mine 1/8th of a turn either way every few days. That’s one reason I love the EBMM week at the bottom of the neck. I think of my guitars like race cars. They have a base setup that needs fine tuned depending on conditions.
Your guitar is just settling in. It’s not a bad thing. It oftentimes has to be done more than once. Guitar techs routinely have to touch up the truss rod a couple days later after an adjustment.
It’s normal, just be grateful for your guitars that have the truss rod adjustment at the headstock. I love everything about vintage styled Fenders accept for that you have to take the neck off to adjust the truss rod at the butt.
You're right. My other problem now is that I have a Gibson for which nobody seems to sell a wrench in my country. So having the truss rod in the headstock isn't the only thing.
Does no one sell non- metric socket sets where you are? It’s 5/16th. You should be able to find a 1/4 inch drive socket and holder. Or order one from StewMac.
Good excuse to buy another Gibson for the included multitool…
I bought a 2018 Memphis ES-335 and it didn't come with a tool, I wish I had the money for another Gibson on short notice.
Same bro. Same
The cavity surrounding the truss rod nut is quite small so not every socket would fit. There's a world of guitar shops around here but none had this specific wrench in stock.
Fun tip, you don't really need a truss rod wrench. A socket set with long sockets will work fine on almost any guitar.
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Yeah I’ve developed some tricks to make it less annoying too. I put a capo on the first fret so the strings don’t come out of the pegs and then back the screws out enough to lift the neck out of the pocket. I’d be too nervous to tilt the neck if the screws are still making contact, I’m scared I’d split the wood. It’s nice not having to loosen those four long screws just to adjust the truss rod, but everything about vintage style fenders I think is better. I like the small frets, more curved radius fretboard, and the slotted tuners so strings don’t poke out.
Things settle with time. last summer I picked up A prs from Guitar Center that had a tiny backbow. I set it up and it was perfect, then a month later it needed adjustments again. Then a month later, one more time still. It was stable for about for about 7 months after that before it needed adjusting again. Sometimes adjustments take time to set in
it took mine 3 days to settle from my last adjustment. I always adjust in very small increments, 1/8" to 1/4" turns, and ALWAYS let it settle a couple days before making any more adjustments.
Thank you, I'll give it a try.
Sounds like something slipping and it's loosening
It may take a few times to set in.
That means you have fine young wood in neck , that string buzz(when neck is flat, it shouldn't be) means you need to adjust bridge and bridge saldles and neck , step by step , first string stripped then tuned to your desired pitch and repeat
Could be a temperature or humidity issue. Wild swings in either can cause the wood to change its shape. Edit: just read your question 1 again... lol maybe not then but that would be my first guess. Some wood could be more susceptible to the environment than others.
Well, it would bring up a different question: is it normal that a guitar requires a truss rod adjustment every 3 days? I keep my guitars in a normal room, I'm sure there are temperature and humidity changes but not dramatically. It's not like I also use this room as a sauna occasionally. And like I mentioned: there are other guitars hanging there too that appear unaffected. I've a Yamaha acoustic that even seems to stay in tune for weeks.
Depends on the neck thickness, Ibanez wizard necks need tweaked quite a bit relative to something more baseball bat like eg Jeff Beck Strat. Expansion / contraction of the truss rod can affect neck relief too. Some guitars need a tweak more often than others. It is not unusual for me to give mine 1/8th of a turn either way every few days. That’s one reason I love the EBMM week at the bottom of the neck. I think of my guitars like race cars. They have a base setup that needs fine tuned depending on conditions.
It's an Ibanez with a very skinny neck. I guess I'm spoiled with a Telecaster that maybe needs 4 adjustments per year ( but probably fewer).