Thread: Neck adjustment
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Old 02-21-2018, 05:34 PM
charles Tauber charles Tauber is offline
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Originally Posted by BT55 View Post
Adjusting the neck is to correct its bow, not for string height. As a rule you should adjust about a 1/4 turn at a time. Let the guitar neck move and about 10 minutes later another 1/4 turn as required.

I've never met a professional who adjusts a truss rod this way.

Start by measuring what you have, rather than randomly adjusting the truss rod. A common value is .005" to .01" as measured at the 7th fret. If you have that, adjustment of the truss rod isn't likely appropriate.
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