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I'm looking for a 1/4 in. truss rod wrench for a BC tich guitar

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Terrie Thiessen

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  • Posted on Oct 04, 2009

SOURCE: guitar truss rod dilemma

The truss rod must be too slack then.
Is the sound ok? Does it play ok?
In it's current state the truss rod is doing nothing.
If the guitar is sounding ok and playing ok, then the next time you change the strings pull the truss rod out and throw it in the garbage.lol
Seriously though...just pull it out and put it aside.
If,however,the guitar is not sounding ok then try tightening it.
If you're unsure about how much to tighten it then I suggest taking it to your local music store for help with that.

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Oct 31, 2009

SOURCE: truss rods and dead frets

I own an Epiphone Casino and if I needed to adjust the truss rod I would take it to a luthier (stinged instrument repair person). There is a good write up on it here. http://www.fretnotguitarrepair.com/trussrods.htm

Hope this helps.

Bob

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Feb 18, 2011

SOURCE: need size of truss rod

Takes a standard 'Allen Key' hexagonal wrench (I'm not sure of the size for your specific guitar but most are around 5 or 6mm)
Basic Epiphone manual here
http://www.epiphone.com/images/EpiOwnrsManul.pdf

Fred Yearian

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  • Posted on Apr 20, 2011

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With that guitar I would recommend taking it to a guitar shop for setting it up. You do NOT want to mess with the truss rod yourself unless you have had experience doing that.

Geoffrey

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  • Posted on Sep 15, 2011

SOURCE: After adjusting the truss rod,

Take the truss rod cover off. Take the one of the screws and carefully run some super glue into the screw thread (not directly in the hole). Put it in the problem hole and screw in, leaving a bit of the screw sticking out. Leave it over night to set. Remove the screw with a screwdriver, replace the cover and replace all screws. This technique works well for many screws, although the bigger one, such as strap buttons work better with a good quality wood glue.

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The neck of my guitar is not straight but i alreadyadjusted the trusrod

Edgar,
How are you determining that the neck is not straight? If you are thinking the neck is not straight because the strings are at different heights along the neck, the problem may be neck tilt or saddle and/or bridge height. You can raise or lower the bridge system or string saddles to add or subtract string height along the neck. In addition, neck tilt (particularly easy to adjust on bolt-on necks) refers to the angle that the guitar neck exits the neck pocket on the guitar body. This also effects string height.
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Take the truss rod cover off. Take the one of the screws and carefully run some super glue into the screw thread (not directly in the hole). Put it in the problem hole and screw in, leaving a bit of the screw sticking out. Leave it over night to set. Remove the screw with a screwdriver, replace the cover and replace all screws. This technique works well for many screws, although the bigger one, such as strap buttons work better with a good quality wood glue.
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Basic Epiphone manual here
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The truss rod must be too slack then.
Is the sound ok? Does it play ok?
In it's current state the truss rod is doing nothing.
If the guitar is sounding ok and playing ok, then the next time you change the strings pull the truss rod out and throw it in the garbage.lol
Seriously though...just pull it out and put it aside.
If,however,the guitar is not sounding ok then try tightening it.
If you're unsure about how much to tighten it then I suggest taking it to your local music store for help with that.
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I can understand it a bit of a daunting task setting up these guitars (I have bought at least 5 like this) But yes it might be the truss rod ... Without looking at the guitar myself its hard to say ... If you tighten the truss rod remember how much you turned the allen wrench because if it doesnt work your going to need to reset it and start again ... Remember to turn it the right way! and if all else fails ... If your near me (Bournemouth, South of the UK) then you can always pop on over to mine and I can take a look at it.

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