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just42dave
Well-known member
Where is the frikin truss rod..
Do I have to take the neck of the guitar??
Do I have to take the neck of the guitar??
Digital Jams
New member
Yes you do.
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just42dave
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Thanx DJ I was beginning to think It was a damn harmony that in a couple years I can use as a bow and arrow!!!!!!! 
Sheik_Yerbouti
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just42dave":3lx1xbh1 said:Thanx DJ I was beginning to think It was a damn harmony that in a couple years I can use as a bow and arrow!!!!!!!
squealie
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I understand that the rod-adjust is 'classic Charvel'...but it's just dumb. I mean, they got that walnut plug at the nut, would a hole look that different? The wolfgang style sprocket on the CS Charvels is cool too.
Love the guitars. Have 3, want 20 more. But it's dumb.
Love the guitars. Have 3, want 20 more. But it's dumb.
S
ShaneV
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squealie":196sq6uc said:
Agree on all points. Spoiled by my EBMMs
rlord1974
Active member
Wow. I really thought I wanted one until reading this thread. That is one of the worst design decisions I have heard of in a long time..... 
Gainfreak
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squealie":1uac90yp said:
+10
Gainfreak
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donbarzini":39p5u0mu said:
I agree. I have my friends set up the truss Rod once and it's fine. Never had a problem
I agree that the EB is way easier to setup and a better idea but Ive never had to set the truss rod up more then once in a blue moon lol
Mailman1971
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I actually like to tweak mine in the middle of songs.....donbarzini":2d47naie said:
I stop the set.....make everyone wait about 15 minutes.....
to make sure its JUST RIGHT!
Hey.......perfect intonation is key.
Gainfreak
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Mailman1971":2x9kkexz said:I actually like to tweak mine in the middle of songs.....donbarzini":2x9kkexz said:
I stop the set.....make everyone wait about 15 minutes.....
to make sure its JUST RIGHT!
Hey.......perfect intonation is key.
locoed
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Geez it's not brain surgery,I've had to tweak mine once.
No biggie.
No biggie.
squealie
Well-known member
donbarzini":23jav9v6 said:
Real men play Bark at the Moon, not by changing chords, but by adjusting the truss at high speed. Taking the neck off between each note, makes the song more tricky.
Yeah, once set up, mine have been pretty stable, even through the changing weather. Still, it makes changing tuning, or string guage a bummer.
Badronald
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I live in the desert baby. I have my guitars set up and never touch them again. It's been a decade with my #1 Stratocaster and I've never touched it. Straight as an arrow. 
Mailman1971
Moderator
In Michigan with the weather always changing EVERY DAY...... 
I usually give them a good set up in the spring and its good for the year.
Sometimes no adjustment needed pending how bad the humidity is/was.
I usually give them a good set up in the spring and its good for the year.
Sometimes no adjustment needed pending how bad the humidity is/was.
Badronald
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Mailman1971":gsekmypi said:In Michigan with the weather always changing EVERY DAY......
I usually give them a good set up in the spring and its good for the year.
Sometimes no adjustment needed pending how bad the humidity is/was.
I grew up in Flint (Swartz Creek). Lived there for 21 years.
I never had much of a problem in Michigan either. I don't remember ever setting up a guitar in my 7 years of playing the guitar there. Of course my buddy owned a guitar shop and he built my custom Strats so maybe he was tweaking them and never told me.
Mailman1971
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Wow....thats in my backyard.Badronald":3uxo5gug said:Mailman1971":3uxo5gug said:In Michigan with the weather always changing EVERY DAY......
I usually give them a good set up in the spring and its good for the year.
Sometimes no adjustment needed pending how bad the humidity is/was.
I grew up in Flint (Swartz Creek). Lived there for 21 years.
I never had much of a problem in Michigan either. I don't remember ever setting up a guitar in my 7 years of playing the guitar there. Of course my buddy owned a guitar shop and he built my custom Strats so maybe he was tweaking them and never told me.
I am up in Bridgeport.
Not too many problems with setups.
When I moved out to AZ out of highschool back in 89 I took my guitar with me and it needed a set up BAD when I got in the desert.
TeleBlaster
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donbarzini":1wt7cv00 said:
Every city has a different elevation, humidity, temp... all of which seem to make a slight difference in relief and tuning.
I give my guitars about 30 min on stage in a stand when loading in and setting up. Right before sound check I'll check the tuning, overall if it's sharp or flat, a quick minor adjustment to the truss rod brings everything right instantly.
No need to unlock the nut or mess with the trem setup. Just seems to be the fastest, easiest, bestest way to deal with changing environments.
If I bought one of these, and I have been very interested, I would retrofit the truss rod nut with a wheel and put the little cutout in the end of the fingerboard for sure.
stratotone
Active member
I have my action slammed (ask Digijams) so any minor change in the truss rod causes issues. My SoCals have been pretty stable, but my 'stability champ' is the quarter sawn neck on my EJ strat, have had to adjust it ONCE. Then again, the super thick finish on the fingerboard and neck is probably why... I could probably play it in my swimming pool and it wouldn't affect it.
Pete
Pete
Mailman1971
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stratotone":38ky0ll9 said:
Hows it going Pete?
Hope all is cool....
Dan