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Someone refresh my memory please!
Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2022 3:05 am
by mickey
The other day I pulled out one of my favorite guitars from its case & discovered it had developed a few string buzzes between the nut & 5th fret.
That makes me think truss rod tweek, but which way do I need to go? Lefty lucy or righty tighty?
Thanks, Mickey
Re: Someone refresh my memory please!
Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2022 3:11 am
by Tonray's Ghost
Lefty (counterclockwise) should do it. At least that's what I recently did as we get massive changes in humidity a couple times a year here which necessitates the adjustment
PS it always coincides with the storage closet door being either difficult to open or easy due to swelling/de-swelling of the wood. It's my marker..
Re: Someone refresh my memory please!
Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2022 6:53 am
by Partscaster
I look this up every time, although, this morning I guessed right without looking. Its finally becoming sort-of like "knowledge". Meaning, next year I'll have forgotten again.
Re: Someone refresh my memory please!
Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2022 7:11 am
by mozz
Hold it up in the air, look straight down the fretboard, see which way it has bowed.
Re: Someone refresh my memory please!
Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2022 3:35 pm
by tonebender
Depends on which way it is curved but sounds like it is bowed versus cupped, Bow up in the middle towards the string or cupped in the middle away from the strings. Eyeball to determine then lefty lucy lowers the bow down and righty tighty raises the cup up. Good luck Mickey.
Re: Someone refresh my memory please!
Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2022 11:07 pm
by thepezident
tonebender wrote: ↑Tue Nov 15, 2022 3:35 pm
Depends on which way it is curved but sounds like it is bowed versus cupped, Bow up in the middle towards the string or cupped in the middle away from the strings. Eyeball to determine then lefty lucy lowers the bow down and righty tighty raises the cup up. Good luck Mickey.
I like that...
Lefty Lucy Lowers - Righty Tighty Raises
Lefty Loosy Lowers the Bow
Righty Tighty Raises the Cup
Re: Someone refresh my memory please!
Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2022 12:16 am
by Tonray's Ghost
thepezident wrote: ↑Tue Nov 15, 2022 11:07 pm
tonebender wrote: ↑Tue Nov 15, 2022 3:35 pm
Depends on which way it is curved but sounds like it is bowed versus cupped, Bow up in the middle towards the string or cupped in the middle away from the strings. Eyeball to determine then lefty lucy lowers the bow down and righty tighty raises the cup up. Good luck Mickey.
I like that...
Lefty Lucy Lowers - Righty Tighty Raises
Lefty Loosy Lowers the Bow
Righty Tighty Raises the Cup
There once was a guitar from Nantucket, whose truss rod was as stiff as a...oh wait..
