If the truss rod feels extremely tight and you still need to take more front bow out of it try loosening it right off then gently pull the neck back with one hand whilst tightening up the truss rod.
Just did this on my EX-5 and then spent a further couple of hours readjusting the action and intonation as the action around 12th fret was riding way too high. Plays much better now and with a lower action the stock PUP's sound much better than what I realised. Win/win all round.
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Hi wazkelly,Originally Posted by wazkelly
Thanks for the info although I'm not sure I need to do that at this stage. Well I hope not.
I turned the truss rod about 3/4 of a turn to the left and have adjusted the bridge height just above where the strings start to buzz when hitting every note on the fretboard.
A business card now justfits under the 9th fret on the low E as described in the intonation guide here.
The action is still way to high and it's quite difficult to do an open chord.
I have taken the nut off and am going to slowly sand the bottom side of the nut with 180 grit checking the action regularly.
Cheers,
Alkay.
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