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Guitar Truss Rod Adjustment

Stud Monkey , Saturday, 21st of August 2010 02:05:37 AM

Hey
l have an Ibanez RG
And im usually tuned in drop c/d and my 
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guitar teacher set up the intonation on my guitar and now l am getting 
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slight buzz on my e,b,g strings around the 12-15 frets on the strings,
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/>How can l adjust my truss rod to fix this?
 
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Boo Boo Kakes , Sunday, 22nd of August 2010 12:56:39 AM

People ASSUME that they can adjust their own truss rod, but it  
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is actually kind of tricky and NOT something I'd do myself. If you  
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over-torque it, you can actually BREAK the rod, which would suck.  
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Take it somewhere to get it adjusted. Odds are it will take a very small  
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TR adjustment and some messing with the bridge height to stop that  
buzzing. A pro will probably spend 15 min to do what you WON'T get do  
right after an hour or two of cursing.  
 
 
 
 
 
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Caseydoll , Monday, 23rd of August 2010 07:54:08 AM

No. You will likely warp the neck doing that. Drop D shouldn't  
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buzz if the ''action'' is properly set. I am assuming you've got  
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adjustable height screws on your tremelo.raise them a bit and see if the  
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buzz goes away.  
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