Afraid To Adjust Your Truss Rod? 😥 

Awesome! Im glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching!! 🤘🏼😜

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I'm glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching. 🤘🏼😜

Hey! Im sorry you couldn’t sleep. I’ve been a bit restless myself also lately. I’m glad the video was helpful and your guitar is playing better now! Thanks for Subbing and we’ll see ya in the next vid! 💪🏼 🤘🏼😜

You got it dude! 🤘🏼😜

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I love that design, I wish more guitars had it. It just makes sense!! 🤘🏼😜

same with my EBMM Majesty no need to remove anything just use allen key to adjust super easy!

Ha! Maybe! Thanks for watching! 🤘🏼😜

Hey thanks for the comment and Thanks for watching. I have addressed this point in many comments including the one that's "Pinned"... and if you made it through the video itself, I actually mention making your adjustments and checking them in the Playing Position. Also, retuning your guitar after every adjustment is not necessary. Your guitar "should" only change in pitch ever so slightly after making any proper adjustment. It should not change nearly enough to throw off any measurement. If your tuning *does* change that drastically, you either adjusted it way too much or you have an even bigger issue and should see a professional for help. However, point being, determining the Neck's Relief is much more important during this process. Thanks again for watching! 🤘🏼😜

Exactly

Sure is! I really try not to have anyone else work on my guitars if I can help it. I’m a “Do It Myself” kinda guy. And with a little practice and some patience you learn the correct steps. Its awesome! 🤘🏼😜

Thanks! I’m from South Florida! 🤘🏼😜

@@MadManMusic wow.. from south Florida to Germany? That Must be some story bro.. you should tell it one day. 🤘🏻

Well, I play guitar professionally. Im in Pro-Pain and currently (like right now) I’m on tour with Napalm Death filling in on Bass and Stage Managing. Most of my work is here in Europe / UK. And obviously there are personal reasons that I live here as well. Its great! 🤘🏼😜

@@MadManMusic That is awesome man. You’re a fantastic guitar player. I’m glad Napalm is still touring! You have a good channel here… I see it definitely growing and growing. Good stuff brother. 🔥🤘🏻

Thanks dude! Very much appreciated! 🤘🏼😜

Yes. The added tension of the strings being tuned higher will mean you need to make the truss rod work harder. So Righty Tighty! But remember, small moves. Quarter Turn, check, quarter turn, check, so on. 🤘🏼😜

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Hey! Thanks for watching! I haven’t had the opportunity to mess with the set up of a fretless.. but from what you’re explaining it seems like the reduced tension definitely cause the neck to bow back a bit. I recently purchased a Warwick Corvette STD and the literature explains that you should see about 2mm between the 24th fret when nothing is fretted, and about .5mm or less at the 6th fret when the first fret is depressed. Maybe you could use those measurements to get a rough idea of where your measurements should land? I’m probably not much help here, but it sounds like a small truss adjustment is in order. Good luck, let us know how it works out. 🤘🏼😜

@@MadManMusic I'll be using the pick method....1mm and working from there to see if it needs adjusting and if so then it's relief so lefty loosey as the old saying goes.

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Questions are always welcome! When making an adjustment, if it feels like you have to use too much energy to make that move, DONT FORCE IT. Bring it to a professional. However if it is giving you some slight resistance that’s totally normal. But if its totally loose.. you may also have a problem, see a professional. As for fret buzz, if you’re trying to set your guitar with Low Action some Buzz is to be expected. The thing you do NOT want are “Dead Notes”. If the action feels comfortable, play each note on each string and check that none are being muted. I hope that helps, let me know if you have more questions! 🤘🏼😜

You may want to check it at least. If the adjustment was minor it really shouldn’t affect the intonation too much. But if you change string gauge, then absolutely check your intonation. 🤘🏼😜

🙈🙈🙈 Sorry.. the BG Music is too loud.. I’ll make a revised edit sometime soon. Live and Learn i suppose.. 🤷🏻‍♂️ Thanks for watching! 🤘🏼😜

@@MadManMusic No problem buddy...it was my first metal concert in a long long time (I think the last one was Metallica at Reading festival in '97...lol)..I enjoyed getting back to it!...

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Totally Possible! That means your frets arent “Level” one is sitting higher than that others. Search for a “Fret Rocker” on google and pick one up. You’ll set it across 3 frets at a time, if it doesn’t “rock” back and forth; those frets are Level. Is it Rocks.. BOOM you found the High Fret. Or you can just take it to be serviced. 🤘🏼😜

@@MadManMusic thank you!! I release some pressure and now seems better! I got my note back :D thank you again!

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Its a great tip! I did mention it briefly in the video. I didnt focus on it too much because it’s a bit more difficult to read than the straightedge method, especially “without” a capo. But thanks for breakin it down! 💪🏼 I’ll pin this comment so people can see it. 🤘🏼😜

@@MadManMusic it definitely takes some extra patience. Your vids for Tech/tutorials are pretty sweet, you should have done them 20+ years ago when I was learning to play...but you probably were in the same boat as me then.

Thanks dude! 🤘🏼😜

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What do you mean mean a “hair gap”? Like a business card ?

I wanna say it was 50-60cm. Its been packed away for a while now, I’ve been using the 1st Fret / Body Technique. Stew Mac makes straightedges specifically for guitar necks! You should check em out. 🤘🏼😜

This could be a tough one... I used Wall Mounts for Years with no ill effect to my guitars. But the weigh of guitar "could" straighten the neck. So I guess the 100% safest bet would be to use a stand that craddles just the body of the guitar. But again, I used walls hangers for a long time... I wouldn't worry too much about it until you see an obvious issue. 🤘🏼😜

Just dont slam a set neck guitar on the hook with a heavy guitar

That’s definitely not a lot.. perhaps lowering your bridge saddles slightly might help..

The dude from Star Trek: Next Generation...? I don't get the reference... 🤔🤷🏻‍♂️ 🤘🏼😜

The machine itself moves the same way. Clockwise to tighten, counter clockwise to loosen. This is why reversed headstocks and LP style headstocks use “Left Handed” Tuning Machines on the upside down side. So the gears are flipped and the machine will rotate in the same direction. 🤘🏼😜

If a have a lefty guitar does this aplly too

Apologies. If you need to, you can turn on the Closed Captions on the bottom right by the Progress Bar.

Thanks for the tip. 👍🏼

Sorry to disappoint you. I make sure to explain complex topics as thoroughly as I can so people that DONT already know what they need can know and understand how to achieve what they want. If you dont want to hear someone talk just buy a book. 🤘🏼😜

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Sorry… thanks for letting me know. I’ll be sure to check out some of your videos and make critiques as well. 🤘🏼😜

@@MadManMusic Sorry man, didn't mean to be offensive, the content was good and fun...just the music a little loud and kind of nagging. Good luck with the channel.

I appreciate that. I do try to keep things interesting and tasteful. But I suppose I cant win all the battles. Thanks for watching! 🤘🏼😜

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Thaaaaaaaanks for your unnecessary insight. 👍🏼 Have a great day. 🤘🏼😜

You’re right it could have. So make it. 🤘🏼😜

Confidence definitely comes from experience. The exact purpose of this video to is reassure guitarists that they can indeed adjust their truss rods on their own with ease. Thanks for watching! 🤘🏼😜

Lol😂 yeah your right. I’m younger then you I’m 36, and people my age are a bunch of cry babies and get offended by everything ... and now the new generation is really terrible ... I don’t want to get political, but I don’t think our country will be going on much longer

You’re so humble. Maybe leave the name calling and grandstanding at home. This is a video people watch to learn how to do it themselves, therefore this comment has no purpose. I don’t care how long you’ve played, this attitude doesn’t encourage new generations of people to enjoy and share the same things as you.

@@Ahuh_suh_dude ohh yeah I guess that is somewhat true, if your watching this video you prolly plan on doing it yourself

People don't want to adjust their truss rods because Big Guitar Tech tells them it will break their delicate guitars. Have you ever tried to smash a guitar?! Look at Pete Townsend, Kurt Cobain, Jimi Hendrix. They all had extra long songs to end their encore sets because it takes so many whacks to smash a stratocaster and those are held together with teeny, tiny little screws. Now kids watch wussies like Muse or AWOLNATION and when they go to Guitar Center some long haired dropout with dinner plates in his ear lobes tells him (or they/them am I right fellas lmao) not to adjust their truss rod or they might break their $200 guitar that was made in CHINA!!1! And they're all a bunch of big baby mama's boy millen-yools because they're puttin' soy in all of our food! That's why I don't feed my kids, so they won't be weak.