How to fix a Gibson truss rod 

This man literally blows me away. I learned so much from him. Dan, you're the best.

I literally learn something new every day watching Dan, best teacher in the world!!

I love this channel. I find it so soothing to watch

He's the best. He had to have had those tools custom made just for him, and they are amazing tools, and this is an amazing repair. The guy is amazing. He has done so much good for so many future luthiers. This is a really creative and spot on solution, and the correct solution in most cases I think. It's better than the alternative, in many ways.

He's amazing. I wish I could spend about 6 months working with him.

Amazing.... truly amazing. I never would've thought of this! I came into this video imagining heat mats and knives and a new truss rod and re-gluing..... love it!

I'm always amazed at just how large a cavity there is in a back angled headstock (if there's no volute).

Same thing happened to my 1969 Gibson EB3. You showed me a different way to fix it. I like the way you repaired this one.

Correct me If I'm wrong, but I think the rod was broke, because it was overtightened, and that happened because the neck is bowed. You can clearly see that even after Dan tightens the rod with the new nut, the neck is bowed. I think, to correct this you have to remove the frets, and carefully remove material from the two end of the fretboard, until the bow is corrected. After that, with new frets, the instrument will be better than ever.

It's the Bob Ross of guitars😂

Love the term “rescue tools”, perfect!

so wouldn't the acorn just unscrew from the threadhead as I would turn anti-clockwise to give the truss rod a relief?

You just gave me the courage to adjust my gibsons neck and it turned out fantastic! I love this guitar! Who cares if I break the truss rod...it can be fixed at anytime:))) Thank you!

"The relief cutter is a boring tool..." Nah, I actually find it quite exciting. ;-)

Just a friendly suggestion, use a little thread cutting oil or fluid when you use a cutting dye to recut the mangled threads. It will make it easier and extend the tool life of your cutting dye.

This is how to make a tutorial video. No bs, right to the point and also tells you what he's doing.

Beautiful work !

I don't play guitar, I don't repair guitars, but I loooove watching these videos!

This guy is a master at his craft, I wish someone would teach me this stuff. Well, I can learn through Dan's video's I guess lol

awesome technique.. luthiers back in the day would have loved this..

Did that sg you rescued the truss rod by boring have a value? I have the same situation on a flying V with no value. And I'm nervous there isn't enough wood material there to cut with that technique . Any thoughts?

If the nut had been cranked down so far it snapped off, what is the condition of the truss rod.

Thanks a lot. I was able to understand how it works and solve other problems.

You make it look so easy.🤠

Always making this look easy!

i love it .. do you also ship your tools to our country in the Philippines?

Hey, dan, you are the master!, nice job , on s.g. truss rod!,, you saved that guitar !!....

I hope Dan lives forever.

Literally the best guitar tech ever

Dan... Dan... He's our man.. if he can't do it no one can..

HE IS BACK

looks nice, but cannot use that trick with my guitar. the cut area is about 3cm deep inside in a narrow tunnel under the fretboard.

Dan the man Erlewine!

Would it fit for a ´76 Gibson Grabber G3 bass? I just broke my trussrod at the same place :((

Amazing work

Hey, does anyone knows what is that nut material? I've come across a couple over the years but couldn't find what it really is. It looks like some kind of resin impregnated fibers but I'm not quite sure.

Woow!!! Thanks MASTER.

I have a newer Jackson guitar. Would I be correct in assuming that being a Fender owned company, that they might use the same size-standard of tooling? Just curious. My Jackie is performing wonderfully, and I have no worries about the truss-rod, but I'd like to know anyways.

Why did the truss rod break in the first place? You seemed to indicate the rod either stretched, or the user was trying to correct for a warped neck, in which the truss rod won't fix that.

So... how did you fix the struck truss rod? Isn't something jammed up in there that made the owner turn the nut so hard it snapped?

FYI, I bought the kit for an old Gibson. It threaded the old truss rod so poorly the the nut slipped upon re-assembly. It was a waste of time and money. I even tried a coupler (extra long) nut and the new die threads would not hold. Bad die.

do you have a tip for a fix for a nut that has been flattened round on the outside? how can i get it off and put a new on

Why was there so much thread exposed out of the back of the original nut? How much is "normal" (roughly)?

My Gibson LP is going in this direction... the washer is buried to the point I had to put a second one as a shim... any advice on how to revert this to avoid the rod from snapping? I already decided to go down in string gauge... I moved to 11-52 a little while ago and that's what I think caused the issue... Trying to force a back bow with weights over time would potentially revert the issue? :(

Nice! Do you have any recommendations for polishing banjo metalwork?

Sou brasileiro, e adorei seu canal sou músico, mais eu sempre admirei muito a arte e o trabalho da Luthieria.

Is it possible to just pull the snapped truss rod out, after using that boring tool, and just replace the rod, repair the chipped wood? Or is this just a solid quick fix

What in case of double action truss rods?...more difficult...what do you do so?

How do you keep half moon shape washer from spinning up when adjusting nut on this type of guitar?

I want to ask you where I can find as your tool that you use to correct the pass of the truss rod, I am from Greece here I do not find and I have the same problem

What was the reason the truss rod was torqued down so much? I could see the neck is pretty bowed. So I am assuming another issue caused this.

Nice save ...!

Brilliant.

This is an amazing system. I have always heard that if the truss rod doesn't work pretty much throw the whole guitar out. Except if it is vintage obviously.

Excellent

Nice work Can’t understand why 15 people disliked it!?!??

My guitar’s truss rod hexagonal allen key hole striped it doesn’t have any grip to allen key what to do......?

BRILLIANT!!!

4:00 Ouch!

That is amazing

Where can you do get hold of the cutters etc in the uk ?

Yep!! That’s right where it broke!

When notification first arrived... momentarily thought, now Stu Mac is gonna be discussing fixing Gibson! m_m

Genius!!

My trus rod is totally bent, so much that i can hardly, hardly tweak the trus nut. Is there any hope för my Gibson guitar? It also has a 4 inch long stress fracture at the back of the neck (that i covered with super glue.) Any hope at all?

Y'all check out stewmacs guitar kits I think there the best for the price. I want there double neck sg. Soo bad

whew.... this guy is a veteran.....

Play back at .50 speed and Dan gets drunk

Judging by the no-tension forward bow in that neck, that guitar needed more work than just re-threading the rod, but it was a perfect candidate for demonstrating this repair.

Would you ever put penetrating oil on the threads or be concerned it might deteriorate the wood?

Genius!

You're awesome

Stewartmacdoneld how do you get a guitar neck to straighten out if on the gibson truss rod it only allows you to tighten? To loosen the rod the nutt just comes off?

With Gibsons I prefer the recycling approach: Get a fire and burn the guitar away from the truss rod leaving it in perfect condition. While its still red hot, bend it into a hook and when its cold you've recycled it into a thoroughly useful hook to scratch your backside with!

Amazing

Watching this man at 60fps feels wrong.

Any advice on how to fix a twisted neck without replacing it? @stewartmacdonald

Mr and Master!! all my respects to you but I need to ask you something, PLEASE starts your videos saying "Hello, I want to play a game" trust me that would give you more subs :D

Listen, Dan! I have to ax what the guitar/amp combo is for your intro music. I don't hear that sound everywhere. Lemmy no....Plz?

Taking wood out of a Gibson headstock. What could possibly go wrong

how do you adjust the truss afterwards? is it still able to be turned with the old alan or would you need a new tool?

That would be horrible to have an unplayable Gibson because of a busted truss rod that can’t be fixed but can’t be played. If that doesn’t make you cry, nothing will.

Love Dan, but by the time I pay for tax & shipping, you kit is OVER $400!!! Great if I did this all day every day, but WTF??? There's NO WAY I could do this for ONE GUITAR!! Seems I could MAKE these tools for less. I'm gonna pull the board, replace the T rod, and refret the guitar, because it's cheaper! StewMac used to be respectable, but your prices are outrageous these days! Home of the $36 rattle can!!!

2:39 hey that’s not very nice, it’s doing it’s best but we can’t all be so interesting

Dans the Man

how do you fix Gibson's bankruptcy?

That's ok....Headstock will be the next thing to snap off! GYPson...

Don’t be so down on your products! I thought the relief cutter was very interesting. Not boring at all.

Wait... what? That truss rod broke for a reason, it didn't just break. Early in the video you alluded to it. Somebody over-tightened that rod for a reason. That reason, something is wrong with the neck, or the truss rod. You didn't even identify or address the underlying issue. You repaired the truss rod and now what- it'll get over-tightened again and broken again? You replaced the large half-moon washer with a much smaller common washer. That'll sink into the wood even deeper. In '71 they used really heavy strings, now we use lighter strings. If a truss rod designed to pull against big thick 1971 strings won't work with modern super slinkys, then something's wrong. I guess if you're just trying to sell Stew Mac tools, then the video served it's purpose. As for properly identifying and correcting the issue with that guitar- not so much.

Gibson is the most fragile design.

Throw it away and buy a real guitar

“HOW TO FIX A GIBSON” Throw it in the garbage & get yourself a FENDER!!!

buy a fender 😂😂😂

A very easer way to do that: just throw it in the garbage and get a FENDER!!