Truss rod in SH-1 kit?

[klegacy]

Hey there:

Adjusting the truss rod in the SH-1 kit? Advice? Clockwise for back bow and counter for the opposite?

Thanks,

[Simon Barden]

For almost any truss rod you are likely to come across, if the neck has a concave bow, then turning the truss rod nut to the right (clockwise) tightens the rod and straightens the neck out (and if it is continued to be turned, will finally introduce a convex bow).

If your neck has a convex bow, then turning the truss rod nut to the left (anti-clockwise) will reduce the amount of bow, then hopefully straighten the neck and then introduce a concave bow.

However, once the truss rod nut is loose, then the neck won't change shape any more. Likewise, if the nut has been tightened until it's really stiff and won't turn any more, then that's it for adjustment. The nut will be as far up the screw thread on the truss rod as it can go and trying to force the nut after that may result in the truss rod snapping. Which is a bad thing.

[Fretworn]

And remember small adjustments only. If it's not enough let the neck settle in between adjustments.

[wazkelly]

Being a headless guitar not sure where the allen key would be inserted? Most of the time it would up at the nut?

Simon's instructions are spot on.

[Simon Barden]

Looking at the kit pictures, it's a bolt-on neck but there's no adjustment at the body end. So it must be at the pointy end, hidden below the string clamps, though it's not obvious in any pictures I've seen to date.

[DrNomis_44]

The neck on my Headless Guitar is practically identical to the one in the SH-1 kit, and yes indeed, the allen key screw for adjusting the truss rod is located at the nut end of the neck.