The truss rod is a slim steel rod inside the neck of your guitar.
Acoustic guitar truss rod direction.
Loosening a truss rod turning counter clockwise adds relief to decreases tension on the neck which results in increased higher string action height.
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If your guitar has one of these covers remove it to get to the truss rod.
An adjustable truss rod is either one way or two way also known as single action or double action.
Generally you can access your truss rod in the headstock of your guitar.
Different manufacturers put them in different places but they re usually at the headstock under a cap just behind the nut or where the neck joins the body just under.
How to adjust an acoustic guitar truss rod.
Here s how to evaluate and adjust your electric or acoustic neck with a minimum of tools.
Some guitars have a small plate that screws in over top to cover the access point.
You can adjust the truss rod with a nut located at one end.
The neck of most guitars has what s known as a truss rod which is a one or two piece adjustable metal rod that goes down the inside of the center of the neck.
You might need to do an acoustic guitar truss rod adjustment for a couple of reasons.
With some acoustic guitars you can only adjust the truss rod through the soundhole.
Adjusting guitar truss rods.
2 main types of guitar truss rods.
When a quality guitar leaves the factory the truss rod is adjusted according to the maker s taste in setup specs.
Truss rod adjustments are made to alter the straightness flatness of the neck truss rods often require adjusting after changing string gauges or when temperature and humidity change the amount of bow in the neck.
Whilst the truss rod adjustment itself isn t necessarily going to set the action how you want it it is a necessary first step.
Locate your guitar s truss rod.
But a change in string gauges climate especially a change in humidity or simply the player s taste may require an adjustment even on a new.
The types of forces that act on a truss rod are compression tension and torque.
Single action truss rod compression rod this type of truss rod usually consists of a single piece of steel that is threaded on one end to receive an adjustment nut and washer and on the other end may be threaded on one side to receive an anchor bolt or bent into an l shape.
When adjusting a truss rod in either direction you are changing the force applied to the rod.
You can find the adjusting nut either at the peghead or through the sound hole depending on how your guitar is designed.
