Dual acting trussrods

[jgcable]

Explain.. I don't understand the concept. I have one in my ESP H-1000.
The manual tells me to turn the truss rod towards the bass side (clockwise) to loosen!! It feels like it loosens too. How do these darn things work?

[GWARGHOUL]

Theres a diagram in stew mac's catalog.

[skorb]

there's info at Warmoth.com about them too.

my custom Warmoth tele neck has one.

[dg]

There's a pretty good explanation in this Charvel brochure also:

http://dgibboney1.googlepages.com/2.jpg


When it is tightened, the round rod pulls the ends of the neck downward and the flat rod is bowed upward toward the fretboard, so there are two forces straightening the neck.

[toejam]

The manual tells me to turn the truss rod towards the bass side (clockwise) to loosen!! It feels like it loosens too. How do these darn things work?

So it loosens one way and also loosens the other way??

Righty, tighty (clockwise). Lefty, loosey (counterclockwise).

[quiksilver]

Interesting read. Thanks!

[jgcable]

So it loosens one way and also loosens the other way??

Righty, tighty (clockwise). Lefty, loosey (counterclockwise).

Not on a dual action truss rod. The ESP manual says righty (clockwise towards the treble side) is loosen and lefty (counterclockwise towards the bass side) is tighten.

[toejam]

Well, the manual is wrong, because clockwise is always clockwise no matter what. Right is tight (towards the bass side). Left is loose (towards the treble side). You should be adjusting the truss rod while looking down at it. And if the adjustment is at the heel, you'd be looking at the heel and still turning it right to tighten and left to loosen.

[Jack Napalm]

http://dgibboney1.googlepages.com/2.jpg

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