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I've been playing guitar for over 30 years. I adjusted my truss rod for the first time tonight. I was always told never to mess with the truss rod, it has to be professionally adjusted. With the help of this video, my Ibanez acoustic that I was ready to turn into firewood has new life! Thanks!
professionals in any field say things like this because they don't want to lose business. Just take your time and you can figure out how to do whatever it is.
I did, and i ended up learning how to adjust these things, and eventually, I’m adjusting everything on my guitar, including tremolo adjustments, fret string height, etc…
Ditto, i'm 50 (ish) and just learnt this cool trick. But 'Firewood'? Noo, give it to a kid if you get fed up with it. You never know how good they may become. 👍
Been playing since I was 14, I’m now 61. Everyone made it sound like you would mess your guitar up if you messed with the truss rod, but mine needed messed with, and so I found this video, and guitar now plays perfect! Never in all those years did I attempt to adjust it before! Amazing how we can be afraid to do something, then find out we could do it all along! And I actually paid music stores to turn a screw a quarter inch! Lol! Thanks for posting this video!
I just bought an allen key and did a little adjustment on my neck for the first time. My strings have no buzz and it plays like silk! This video made it simple. I'm 65 and started playing when I was 17. Shalom!
I like this guy. Hes making it seem like no big deal and hes not being arrogant or confusing. Great teaching skills and a very professional presentation. Thanks a lot, Sir.
Had a Fret buzz on the E and A string, 3rd Fret (G and C). Did exactly what he said (but gave it an 1/8th turn at a time) and BAM! Fret buzz is gone after 3 1/8th turns!! Thank You!!!
Ive had my acoustic guitar for almost a year now and ive always felt like it was so much tougher to play than my electric. I know of course this is generally true for acoustic but I had no idea how much. I could do bar chords but my b string would never ring no matter how hard i tried. My fingers would take physical abuse trying to do them cleanly on the acoustic. Turns out all it took was simply adjusting the truss rod and now its like 10x easier to play. I guess its better I figured this out sooner rather than later.
Excellent video. I've never messed with my truss rod before on any guitar, and this video helped me completely eliminate the buzz on my Taylor while still keeping nice low action. Thank you!
I am a novice guitar player (been a drummer my whole life) and was having some buzzing issues with my new guitar. I was able to completely correct it by watching your video. First time working on a guitar too! Many thanks!
I just received my fender SA-105CE from Amazon today which needed a hell lot of tightening but I had no idea about how to do it..... Thanks for your video.....now my guitar is in perfect shape......
Great tutorial Tony, thanks for taking the time to share. Mike Kennedy's suggestion about the capo on the first fret makes checking the relief that much easier
Thanks for the simple and straightforward explanation of how the truss rod and the strings interact. Helps me to understand what I'm doing when I make adjustments.
Very well explained for a beginner, i purchased a guitar second hand from a pawn shop and needed to fix fret buzz on the low E string. One thing i noticed is the truss rod screw was rather tight (due to the guitar being second hand no doubt), so first turn in either direction take a little bit of extra force.
Well and simply explained. I got rid of a slight (but annoying) spot of fret buzz on my acoustic guitar by slackening off the truss rod a ¼ turn. Result! Thank you 👏
+Nicolas King Glad you are digging these!!! Tony's Acoustic Challenge is growing everyday, I am really grateful for all of the members and the team that is helping me!!! Thanks for checking these out!!!
I just want to thank you so much Tony. I have a Martin HD-28 and live in the east coast where there's a decent amount of incremental weather and is humid so the neck is always temperamental. I can't afford guitar tech very much and don't want the techs to do it for free. So I really appreciate the lesson.
Easily the best video I've found on this. Was taken on at a second hand goods store where they just so happen to sell instruments. For the most part I'm pretty on it with setting up guitars but truss rod adjustments have always intimidated me. TL;DR - Now have a wonderful Ibanez Acoustic that isn't bowing like a roundabout :D
My teacher once told me about the truss rod. I believe he told me what it does, either I wasn’t listening or just completely forgot. Finding this video (I was tryna find out if there was a way to change the action) was really helpful so thank you :)
Thanks for this! I had just changed the strings on my classical and was getting buzz on the 4th string. Managed to get rid of it completely due to your explanation. Saved me a lot of trouble from going to a shop to see what was wrong with it :)
Great overview! Am fixing up daughter-in-law's guitar & although i've done this dozens of times i wanted a refresher before i started "turning screws." Thank you!!!
I picked up a Mitchell acoustic on OfferUp for $30. It had a really bad bow in the neck and instead of taking it to my local guitar tech to fix it I found your video and five turns of an Allen wrench later it sounds amazing. Thanks man
you are the best at explaining such things.. other people usually just tell you a bunch of non explained quotes while you tell all the truth and the reasons behind it, thanks.
Thank you for the advice and instruction. I suddenly acquired a buzz when I put on a set of DR Black Beauties (WHICH I DO NOT RECOMMEND.) Changed them out for a set of DR Sunbeams (STRONG RECOMMENDATION.), but then I had TWO string buzzing. I loosened the truss rod on my Gibson Songwriter and I am back to buzz-free playing. Thank you so much!!!
Im a real newbie, but I'm coming along, I had No idea i had a truss Rod until this video. I do get a slight buzz and thanks to this video, I no longer have that buzz, I was pressing so hard on the baby e thinking that buzz was me, it wasn't. all though 4 years old this video helped me greatly!! Thanks so much. I learned something new and adjusted to perfection Thanks again.
I'm guilty of playing the guitar a lot but not really being nearly as good about the maintenance and knowledge of it I just kind of string it and play it but I have to say this really was so simply explained I was able to do the job and had really awesome results I appreciate it...
I can’t believe the difference it made on my fender acoustic !! Now enjoy playing it rather then wanting to smash it rock star style lol ! Tightened the truss rod and now barre chords are a joy. Thank you.
7 yrs ago video 👍🙂. Make sense on adjusting the rod without loosening it, it’s an instant quick adjustment then tune it. I loosen the strings before then tune it. Thanks for the tip on how to check the vibrations of the strings to the fret. Good video 👋👍🙂
Put a capo on the 1st fret, hold down the low E string at the 14th fret, measure the 'neck relief' at the 6th fret (the guitar should not be de-tuned);; adjust the truss rod, if it needs adjusted, so that the 'neck relief' is only about 0.5 millimetre or thereabouts -- that's how a master luthier does it.
@@superdriver777 nice catch superdriver. With the emergence of Ed Sheeran, a whole lot of new players are buying 12's. To be honest, if I played plugged in or if I played a small, intimate setting, I ALWAYS play a 12 fretter. I've got a 2012 LaPlant and a 1959 Framus, depending on if I'm playing steel or nylon. I played a regular Martin 14 fred Dread otherwise.I'm off on a tangent but im illustrating why YOUR post is relevant.
Thank you for sharing your experience knowledge and passion with those of us trying to make music. I've adjusted my guitars necks before but its been a while. Appreciate the information to confirm my memory. BEST AND PEACE
Ah this is so good. New guitar fret buzzing on the 2nd/3rd driving me insane. 2 quarter turns and jobs a gooden, was wondering whether to try or not as there is so much hype about dangers. Thanks dude!
I knew from your first line I was at the right place. Great video. All of the information, great delivery, no time wasting. Thank you. I was about to head to a gig when I remembered my guitar had fallen and the action was f#cked!! Saw your vid went for 5 minutes and I'm so glad it was you. I'm pretty impressed with my first go (Also a muso for 30 years and had never tried). I'll fine tune it tomorrow but it got me through the gig :) Cheers
it worked great on my cordoba flamenco: I was getting a dead note on the second fret of the high E string. That side of the neck had a noticeable reverse bow in it, while the Low E side of the neck appeared flat. I loosed the truss rod a good half turn and the visible bow disappeared from the high E side and the dead note vanished as we'll. Thanks
in the pick of despair, one step before throw money for nothing in tecnician, i found u stranger and u solve a huge prob in my guitar, tnx u very much. the problem has to loose the rod a bit to make the guitar sounds brand better than (new). gosh bless you
Thank you so much! My wife bough me my first guitar and, though sounding beautiful, was difficult to play. This seems to have made a world of difference but will have to try more tomorrow. Its too late haha
I checked the bow using your method and there it was flat but it isn't buzzing. It still feels kind of high at the high end, though so I guess I'll have to live with it. Helpful video; thanks for posting.
Appreciate this - strangely, it's only my 5th string that buzzes (on 2nd & 3rd frets). my guitar was in its case for a while, so I'm hoping this is all it will take. Appreciated your video Cheers
