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Old 03-01-2010, 12:32 PM
blindeman blindeman is offline
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So, it might have been tightened enough through the years that it's as tight as it will go. I'd take it to a tech and let them look at it to see what can be done. Forcing a truss rod to go past its limitations can only lead to bad things happening; meaning perhaps more expensive repairs should something go wrong.

If it's as tight as it will go, like you said, lowering the saddle might be the best and cheapest solution and give you years of playability without having to do anything w/ the truss rod. While you're at it, might as well have them replace the saddle with tusq, bone, etc. as I'm sure the original, if it's still the original, was plastic.
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