Martin Guitar Truss Rod Adjustment

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.

Martin guitar truss rod adjustment.

What year is your guitar. Includes a 4 1 2 bent leg. Here is edwin s another guitar tip. Don t use the truss rod to change action.

Understanding your truss rod. Adjusting a guitar truss rod is a key part of maintaining optimal playability. Get it as soon as thu sep 24. You can tell it is a double action rod if the adjustment bolt is well recessed into the neck.

You can adjust the truss rod with a nut located at one end. Tzong 4mm 5mm guitar truss rod wrench ball end allen wrench tool for martin acoustic guitar truss rod adjustment for deep or narrow truss adjustment. Only 10 left in stock order soon. A change in one affects the feel of the others and may require an adjustment in the others too.

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. Martin acoustic guitar needs special allen or he. That tool is a good thing to have on hand. That one sits right at the edge of the dovetail so it takes a 4 5 long wrench to reach it.

Just be careful to not overdo it and damage the neck. The older 1 way rod is just past the 1 cross brace. If you have a newer martin with the double action truss rod that is the tool you want. This interaction is more subtle than the advice to change action with the truss rod allows for and i maintain that it s bad advice.

It is adjustable in either direction and can drastically change the way a guitar plays. Free shipping on your first order shipped by amazon. The single action rods are much closer to the soundhole. This time he showed how to adjust truss rod on a martin acoustic guitar.

Before you do anything to your truss rod you need to have a reasonably good understanding of truss rods. Martin switched to the 2 way adjustable truss rod in 2006. With a little experience you can adjust the relief on a martin acoustic guitar. This is the new ebay link for the martin tool.

Set neck relief first.