How to Adjust Your Acoustic Guitar Truss Rod - Beginner's Guide
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- Опубликовано: 23 май 2015
- Here's an easy guide to adjusting your truss rod to get a nice straight neck.
The guitar in this video is the Artist DC200CEQHG. You can read more about this guitar here: bit.ly/DC200CEQHG
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P.S. Thanks for being direct and to the point without a lot of fluff!
I agree, but, a 60 degree turn is NOT a 1/4 of a turn, 90 degrees is a 1/4 turn, What the fellow was doing is more like an 1/8 of a turn, which is the max you should turn at a time. Still a Great video!
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Absolutely agree 😀🙏
Thanks chap great video
I haven't played guitar in more than a decade, and just now starting to relearn is when I also learn about truss rods. Thanks for the clear and to the point video! Much appreciated!
I have been playing the guitar since 1987. This is the first time I felt confident to adjust the truss rod...the tutorial is so easy to follow, and the action got so much better! I had been having a tough time playing barre chords on my steel-string Takamine, now they are a piece of cake...Thank you so much for this!
Hi sir, I've only been playing for like 6 years and barre chords for me is still a headache, I almost couldn't do it, I'm still trying to have the guts to adjust my truss rod too, nice to hear that you got good results, hope it does the same with me since I have to do it myself
Mess around and find out!
Make notes and even video it, in case you need to roll back the changes.
I have watched a dozen of videos explaining how to adjust the truss rod and I think yours is the most well explained. Thanks a lot.
Hello. Thank you for your kind words. We have a lot of other videos as well. We would sincerely appreciate it if you would like and subscribe to our channel.
Thank you so much for helping me to find the solution to this particular problem which adjusting the action on the guitar is, your instructions were so precise and straight to the point, a real game changer to me for playing , amazing job.
I appreciate that short and sweet but complete explanation! Cheers!
Thanks for this, my guitar is much better now, I can actually do a barre chord now!
Nice
Thanks! I was a lil timid about adjusting my (new to me) Martin GPC12PA4, but thanks to your video, she is now set perfect!
Now on to my Gibson Ron Wood SJ200
well done Ian ... I had no idea on how to set that properly
The most straight forward and clear explanation of truss rod adjustment ever! Good job!
I purchased a guitar from you many years ago. it travelled with me for a long time.. thanks for posting how too's...
Nice video! My Crafter adjusts with a 5 mm hex key.
Thanks for posting this, I was always nervous about tweaking the truss rod, but have followed your instructions and made my Fender Paramount a lot more playable, by lowering the action. Not as difficult as I thought it would be.
The good thing about adjusting the truss rod is you can undo anything you did. Just don’t strip the screw or force it and break it. It’s pretty hard to break it. If you have some experience as a mechanic, you’ll know when it’s too much force.
Best video on this i have seen. Simple and to the point, easy steps to follow.
Thank you Xander.
Well done! Thanks for posting this.
The best video of all. The instructions are precise including the measurements. Tkx
This was very helpful and worked perfectly. Thank you for an excellent video! 👍👍👍
Good job, many about this adjustment are way longer than necessary and then show very little about doing it and checking the results. To the point, thanks.
straiight to the point and i can actually feel my guitar sounding better. Thank you very much.
Good day!
When adjusting the truss rod, for how long should I have restrung my guitar? Would a set-up be best for newly-changed strings? Thank you so much for this video. It's such a huge help.
Thank you very much 💓 for this easy and close up explanation!!!!
I can actually play a barre chord after this..
you made that look easy, thanks so much!! I played my Guitar with an almost 4 mm gap all the time, feels so much better!! Very well explained 👍🏼
Much appreciated. Easy to follow and fixed my issue.
Great class, very easy to follow.
Thanks for the excellent tutorial. My truss-rod is fine, judging by your guide however, after tuning the guitar, there are places on the 2nd and 3rd strings from the 1st to 3rd frets where the tuning is out. Why might that be the case please? Thanks in anticipation. Kind regards. AL.
This is really helpful and well explained dude. Thanks a lot.
This was super helpful in January 2021. Thank you.
Thank you for sharing your time and expertise.
I watched this video and adjusted my guitar truss rod, it's amazing how much my guitar is off, now it's so much easier to play!
Hey man! Great video! Greetings from Singapore! What is the best string height for the 1st and 12th fret on an acoustic?
Thanks mate. Quite simple. I assumed this was the correct methodology for a acoustic but I waned to double check on You Tub first. After adjusting the above you might wont to check your intonation next.
Thank you! It's really helpful! 🙏🏻
Thank you very much, was so scared I'd damage the neck on my guitar but after this very informative video it was no stress at all!! You've earned another subscriber, keep it coming
Should I take the risk to adjust it by myself
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Will adjusting the truss rod affect the intonation of the strings? (Open/12 fret tones?)
Thanks for the tips. The acoustic I have definitely has a bow to the neck. Is it always tighter that you want to adjust or how do you know which direction the rod needs to go?
Thanks for the info. Been playing my 12 string Ibanez for 20 y+ without actually checking the neck.
Very helpful advice! Thank you!
Fantastic video! Short and sweet. 👍
Thanks for the lesson Sir. I already know how to make adjustments truss rod 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Great vídeo. I like my acoustic with 0.3/0.4 mm in the 12th fret. This way plays nice and there's no fret buzz. Of course,If you play hard,It Will buzz,but for me Works great!!
Clear and very easily explained...thank you Sir
Super helpful, thanks!
Thank you so much! Very helpful!
Could you please tell me what is the Dia for that truss rod for Merida Guitar?
Thanks man my buzz is sorted mate. Big thanks.
Thank you. Very well explained.
I have ultra light strings and the gap between the pressed string and the bottom of the neck is around 1mm, should I tighten the truss rod a bit? Isn't it better to keep the gap bigger because of the ultra light strings? I notice some buzzing when I play in the higher frets on 5th an 6th string... Thanks in advance
Thank you sir. this helped my guitar a lot
Thanks. I’ll try this on my guitar. Hopefully it will work
Thanks man. Good tutorial.
This is great, exactly what I needed.
Thank you for this video!
Helpful. Thank you.
Great explanation of the mysterious truss rod.
Very well explained! 😊 Thanks!
THANK YOU! My guitar was buzzing just a little when I strum hard and this showed me how to fix it! 😀
Great to hear that we were able to help you. Cheers!
Great information thanks!
Brilliant, thank you !
it is good instruction, thanks you sharing
Thanks for the quickie!
I’m working on reducing my bloody fingers on certain songs.
Thanks. Very useful !
AWESOME VIDEO THANK YOU
Hello guitar friends can you please help me out?
I am abouth to buy a guitar. (740 euro) i have seen two versions of it. One with the truss rod acces in the neck and one in the soundhole. Which one is better? The guys at the guitar store say my version is the best and dont help me. The guitar is a present and i want it too be long time in my family. It is the yamaha ntx700.
Please help me, which one is upgraded or better?
Thank you!!
my neck is in perfect curved, but the string still high fron the neck. any advice?
One point i was always taught you want to finish your adjustment clockwise, kind of like when you tune strings you want to over loosen and then finish by tightening.
Best seen so far... Thank you
great video. thanks!
Thank you! Adjusted mine and it’s easier to play.
I would have dropped the wrench into the sound hole a few times, at the very least. In the process of retrieving it, it would have surely poked me in the eye!
Your a Legend Brother, thanks for this info, it's priceless, your a Rockstar 🍻
Great Video Thanks for making it
great! straight to the point.
Well done...Well explained.
I have a martin GCPA1. do you know hwat size is the Alan key?
My Yamaha tightens counterclockwise. Strings should be tight while doing it. I loosen my two middle strings and pull them away from center so as to not harm the strings with the allen wrench. If you get the neck straight and there's still a lot of space under the strings, you may need to take off the saddle - the white plastic strip in front of the string pegs - and sand or file it to make it more narrow.
Awesome thank you
Much appreciated !
What size wrech did you use? I can't seem to get mine to fit on my used yamaha f310p. Is it possible that the truss rod may be broken?
Its possible but very rare, maybe you just have the wrong size allen key, they are usually 4mm
What size Allan Wrench do we use?
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I have Fender CC-60SCE....2 days old, D and G strings sound dead from 7th till 12th fret...why?
Thank you!
What is the size of the allen key that you used
Great video
You didn't mention that you were using the 12th fret when measuring the height above it of the 6th and 1st strings to check the action.
Thanks!
Hi there, and thanks for the tutorial. I have a Taylor that's always had high action, and am about to tackle the truss rod to make it more comfortable to play. Just wondering... you mention "steel string guitar". The difference is obvious with a nylon string classical acoustic, but is the guitar featured in the video strung with steel/nickel, or bronze? I'm an old and retired bass player who could play the electric guitar a bit, and want to play again (just around the house). I've never enjoyed this acoustic, or really any guitar strung with bronze. I get that tone is likely different with different strings, but is there really a vast tonal improvement with bronze? I'm about to string it with nickle wound, so I guess I'll find out. Anyway, thanks for your vid.
Hey, thanks for the comment. The guitar in the video is strung with Phosphor Bronze strings. You are right, the phrase 'Steel String Guitar' is simply used to distinguish between classical guitars (which use nylon strings) and acoustic guitars (that use steel/bronze/phosphor bronze strings).
Helped me a lot, guutar is playable now
I’ve been complaining about my guitar because there’s a huge space between the strings and the neck… I didn’t even know you could do this!
Hello can i ask you a question my guitar string is so high so that is so hard it to play . can you help me how to adjust the truss rod .so that its easy to me to play tnx .
uhmmm mm that is what he just did.
Well done ol' boy!
If one uses a spesific tuning on a guitar, should one adjust the thrust rod according to that tuning, or should one always adjust the thrust rod in standard tuning? Great vid!
I would say do it in the tuning you will use the most on that guitar.
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Mine is 3.50 on the 12 fret does it need truss rod adjustement too ?
Its a washbru ea9b acoustic guitar
So the first step would be to adjust your truss rod as per the video, once you have done that measure again
My dad's just gave me a acoustic. The gap in the strings at the bottom of the neck is twice the size as the one in your video. Going to take some sorting. I've put extra lights on but still to hard to play.
look into the saddle of your guitar some, it might be why the strings are so high, on my guitar the height of my strings where it meets the base of the guitar are about 7-8mm, you might be able to take your saddle (or buy a new one) and have someone at a guitar shop shave it down some
great video
Thankyou for your tutorial from🇵🇭
No worries!
What is the name of the tool you used to adjust and where could I find/buy it?
Thank you!
My Martin classical has buzzing strings. Just noticed after changing strings. There is no truss rod. Frets have no pits. Could be nut or saddle. Being a Martin should sent to Martin?
My guitar's neck is a bit bent near the 1st three frets. So, is it because of the truss rod adjustments ?Thanks
Artist Guitars I think that it's bent down...I can't understand the bend but the distance of the strings from the fretboard is too much and it's also hard to play the guitar. Please help me with that.Thanks