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I was told that Hank is still with us but his father passed so that may have been where the “late” comment was misconstrued.
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Hey great! Thanks for that, Tim....Robert
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Hank's guitars are great! I've played a few and loved them all. There was a parlor back and forth on DG that I regretted never buying and I assume you bought the dread that I was watching for a while on reverb and now regret I didn't buy. Contact me if you ever decide to sell!
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the Bourgeois Vintage D I'm also playing |
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Hey folks, My Mauel model has a truss rod hole in the popsicle brace and a hex nut where the truss adjustment would typically be, here:
https://imgur.com/a/8ByhjZ7 I have a Martin style 5mm and 1/8" truss rod wrenches, and neither of them "catch" in the bolt to turn it. I'm unable to tighten or loosen it (although in this case I'd like to loosen it since the weather has changed). Is there a different size I should be looking for? Would Hank have used a nonstandard truss rod size? Also, 96 degree X brace with Red spruce, as well as Hank's pencil signature. Pretty cool! |
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Try 4mm Allen hex key.
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It seems unlikely to me that the weather would make a change in your relief, which is ALL the truss rod can affect changes in. Far more likely, what you want is a saddle height change.
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Tried a couple different shapes of 4mm hex tools and I can't get it to stick!
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I have full sets of metric and imperial hex keys. In every size I've tried I just cannot get any key to fit properly. Today I took it to Chicago Fret Works. They were very kind and patient but were similarly unable to find any size hex tool that fits. Has anyone else ever had this problem? I don't know what else to do to make a truss rod adjustment... At this point it's driving me nuts that I'm not able to do this |
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I feel stupid for asking, but have you tried a ball end hex wrench? Maybe it's an odd angle and you just can't get a good purchase on it.
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Hank is or was a Race car enthusiast, perhaps the guitar actually uses Torx drive? An Allen would appear to fit, in many cases, but not have adequate grip.
My guitars use a 9/64 Allen for adjustment, which for some reason seems to flummox many would-be techs. It is local supplier LMI’s standard for their TRST series. Hank is/was a local person, to me. A change from 20% to 60% should raise you bridge noticeably, but not enough to be ugly. If set up well at 60%, a change to 20% could be ugly unless you like rattling. |
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Regarding Torx... yeesh. I don't know where to start. Can't fit a caliper in there |
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Have you looked at the nut with a mirror and flashlight? I’ve seen nuts that have a glob of dried glue in them blocking access with a hex key.
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You'll notice that there is a blob of glue near the truss rod access, but because I haven't found a wrench that locks into the nut I am not at the stage where I'm suspecting that glue blob... yet. The larger bolt is the for the neck. As you can see in my markup, I wonder if these are in fact Torx patterns |
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No, its not Torx. Have you tried a “ball end” Allen wrench? Sometimes the ball end will allow the hex key to enter at slightly off angles where a straight Allen key won’t enter at less than a straight entry.
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It is not a Torx, but possible it was once. It has pointed corners such as I have never noticed on an Allen, and may be a Torx that got rounded on the inside by using an Allen wrench. An Allen will move a loose Torx, but once it slips it look a lot like what you have. If this is so, the right Torx is your only hope short of surgery. You can get the bit in most hardwares these days as they are often used to drive grabber type screws.
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