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I have a 1974 Martin D-35 I bought new in January of 75
When I purchased the guitar, the shop owner advised me the there was not an adjustable truss rod. He had a cutaway section of a neck showing a square truss rod He advised to keep it in the case when not playing it and this will keep the neck straight. The neck is still good some 40 years later.
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Now I have 2 authentics and the action doesn't move ever regardless of the humidity. Regardless of whether I kept the HD-28V or not I imagine someday I might be looking at a neck reset. I'm not sure what that has to do with having an adjustable or non adjustable truss rod. |
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My 1974 D-28 was originally owned by a bluegrass player. He played the heck out of the guitar but I am told was extremely fussy about wiping it down etc when done playing. I don't think he humidified it over the years (but could be wrong about that; it was never mentioned either way).
After he passed away it sat in its case for several years (maybe 10?), until I had the chance to acquire it. Told the above before I looked at it, I expected cracks, bows and worse. Nope, the pick guard was curled and produced a minor crack along the b-string. But that was all. Neck angle and relief was not bad at all, confirmed by the luthier that it meets Martin standards.
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I bought a new D-28 in 1971 & still play it.
It never had relief issues and did not need a neck reset until about 9 years ago. Quote:
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I've been playing guitar for over 50 years and I don't think I ever adjusted a truss rod. I've recently bought a Martin authentic and I don't expect it to give me any trouble.
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If the guitar is well maintained with regards to humidity and temperature, it's not likely to be an issue. Excess relief can be corrected with compression frets, if absolutely necessary. Since I have chosen to keep one Martin Dread, I decided it should be adjustable. If the neck is straight now, and you take care of it, it should be straight later.
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A heat press at an experienced shop is not a big deal if the necks do acquire a bend to them over time but the Frets are still in good shape. Have had several non-Adjustable Martins over the years. The Most Current is a 77' M38 which was in need of a neck set when I purchased it in 2014. Few years later, Just this last winter, it was getting some Buzzing issues around the 12 fret area. The neck had too much relief in it and ended up needing a heat press. Took it to a visit to elderly instruments. They did the Neck press then dressed the frets, was like an hour labor total. I have a separate luthier that had done the Neck reset for me. I remember him commenting, when he had done that reset, that eventually it will need the heat press for the Neck relief. But, it was good enough at the time and got a couple more years or so out of it before that. Now it's playing better than it ever has since I've owned it. Cheers!
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I did not read the whole thread but I assume the OP was speaking of having an adjustable neck. I owned a McPherson that had some sort of non-adjustable truss rod (I was never comfortable with that on a new guitar) but I did not think Martin did this. Does Martin make or made a guitar with a truss rod that was non-adjustable?
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Every acoustic before 1985 and every Authentic Series guitar, so "a few".
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I think this demonstrates that non adjustable rods can be navigated around if necessary. I suppose the biggest advantage of the adjustable rod is that the adjustment can be made by the player with relative ease. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro
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