Discussion of newer designs, copies and reissue offset-waist instruments.
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mewithoutus
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by mewithoutus » Mon Feb 12, 2007 3:19 pm
fullerplast wrote:
I like to loosen the nut all the way, put the guitar in a vise, and then wail on the neck with a 10 lb sledge in the direction I want it to go. Then I apply max gorilla torque to the truss nut until the anchor breaks loose, then back it off a quarter turn....
PERFECT!
i was gonna use dynamite, but ill try this first...
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mewithoutus
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by mewithoutus » Mon Feb 12, 2007 10:54 pm
i think im gonna get a short scale jaguar neck and try that. i think the trussrod is broken and its not worth fixing because i paid nothing for this guitar.
would a short scale neck be compatible with this guitar?
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by pullover » Tue Feb 13, 2007 6:01 am
Or since you are going to be a guitar tech you could use it as a cheap learning tool.
Why should we buy postage stamps? We can make our own.
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by mynameisjonas » Tue Feb 13, 2007 6:55 am
mewithoutus wrote:
i think im gonna get a short scale jaguar neck and try that. i think the trussrod is broken and its not worth fixing because i paid nothing for this guitar.
would a short scale neck be compatible with this guitar?
not if the original neck is 25.5, the bridge would have to be moved. but warmoth have conversion necks, perhaps
this one would be of interest (CBS headstock, gibson scale).
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by mewithoutus » Tue Feb 13, 2007 8:36 am
mynameisjonas wrote:
mewithoutus wrote:
i think im gonna get a short scale jaguar neck and try that. i think the trussrod is broken and its not worth fixing because i paid nothing for this guitar.
would a short scale neck be compatible with this guitar?
not if the original neck is 25.5, the bridge would have to be moved. but warmoth have conversion necks, perhaps
this one would be of interest (CBS headstock, gibson scale).
right on sir. thank you.
pullover wrote:
Or since you are going to be a guitar tech you could use it as a cheap learning tool.
good idea. i think im gonna take the fingerboard off and take the trussrod out, see whats up with it.
like i said, this guitar was abused.
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by i love sharin foo » Tue Feb 13, 2007 9:54 am
fullerplast wrote:
then back it off a quarter turn....
That part is key! You don't want any more preload than necessary.
Justin
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Now count every rhododendron in this cool mountain light, I made more mistakes than that just tonight
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by mewithoutus » Thu Feb 15, 2007 12:17 pm
i love sharin foo wrote:
fullerplast wrote:
then back it off a quarter turn....
That part is key! You don't want any more preload than necessary.
Justin
(better throw this out there for good measure
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yeah i think the trussrod might be broken.
im sad though because the neck is actually really nice.
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