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Don't touch the truss rod!!! You probably don't need to. None of what you are doing should have any real impact on the neck's curvature (I guess it COULD have a slight effect from BARELY changing the direction of tension but I can't imagine it would be noticeable. One for the engineers I guess).
I am not a big believer that touching the truss rod is ONLY for experts...I think the damage you can do, unless you are really careless, is less than people think. But still, for this I don't think there is any reason to mess with it.
I do not think that you will get slippage due to the lubricant getting into the intonation screws. If you do, it's because the screws need to be replaced anyway or the baseplate is stripped.... in which case there are a few things you can do short of getting a new baseplate....we'll cross that bridge if we get to it. The threads on those screws have a pretty tight pitch (not sure if that's the word...but they have lots of threads like a machine screw, not steep like a wood screw) so I don't think they're going to unscrew themselves without help.
One other thing I noticed..and it's hard to tell, but it looks like on the first fret on the low e side that you might be getting a little bit of fret lifting. Again, no the end of the world, but if you do end up taking it in to a luthier at some point it's something you could point out to get it back where it needs to be. Not a horrible problem at all, especially since it's on the low e. If it was on the other side, you'd feel it sometimes, but not so much since it's up near the first position.
Don't be afraid!! You gotta learn might as well be now. Just don't FORCE anything and take your time. If you have other questions or something doesn't seem right STOP and post again...I'm going to go grab some beers soon but someone will be along to help out.
Oh and Dave has some good advice- Give the screws a little shake when the trem is off if you go that route...should tell you how well they're holding up.
I am not a big believer that touching the truss rod is ONLY for experts...I think the damage you can do, unless you are really careless, is less than people think. But still, for this I don't think there is any reason to mess with it.
I do not think that you will get slippage due to the lubricant getting into the intonation screws. If you do, it's because the screws need to be replaced anyway or the baseplate is stripped.... in which case there are a few things you can do short of getting a new baseplate....we'll cross that bridge if we get to it. The threads on those screws have a pretty tight pitch (not sure if that's the word...but they have lots of threads like a machine screw, not steep like a wood screw) so I don't think they're going to unscrew themselves without help.
One other thing I noticed..and it's hard to tell, but it looks like on the first fret on the low e side that you might be getting a little bit of fret lifting. Again, no the end of the world, but if you do end up taking it in to a luthier at some point it's something you could point out to get it back where it needs to be. Not a horrible problem at all, especially since it's on the low e. If it was on the other side, you'd feel it sometimes, but not so much since it's up near the first position.
Don't be afraid!! You gotta learn might as well be now. Just don't FORCE anything and take your time. If you have other questions or something doesn't seem right STOP and post again...I'm going to go grab some beers soon but someone will be along to help out.
Oh and Dave has some good advice- Give the screws a little shake when the trem is off if you go that route...should tell you how well they're holding up.
... But i can just screw it back in position (if i know where the start position was).
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