Would this be good for Truss Rod adjustment?
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Would this be good for Truss Rod adjustment?
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I've got one of those Gibson thingies... mine doesn't work on my Rics, if the 1/4th works take it, as it's handy with the screwdriver end!
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I got the Rickenbacker version, maybe more expensive, but I was sure it would fit!
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Never thought of that,....thanks!Wildberry wrote:I got the Rickenbacker version, maybe more expensive, but I was sure it would fit!
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Looks like a great find, cool looking thing! Glad it works for your Rick too. 2 uses - good price - sounds like the winner.cheyenne wrote:I've used one of these for years.
http://www.carvinguitars.com/products/s ... TR1&cid=43
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You might want to pick up a few other little things while your checking out, their shipping is a little high on the small stuff, so I try to make it worth my while.johnnysain wrote:Looks like a great find, cool looking thing! Glad it works for your Rick too. 2 uses - good price - sounds like the winner.cheyenne wrote:I've used one of these for years.
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The reason that Mr. JH recommends a standard 1/4 inch nutdriver is so that the temptation to put too much torque on the truss rod nuts is avoided. So when I adjust RIC truss rods, I generally use the standard hardware store version of what RIC sells on the website: a standard 1/4 inch nutdriver. That said, I've run across a couple of truss rods here and there that were, er, shall we say, reticent, and required a tad more. So I've used nutdrivers, the little combo tools mentioned, even old-fashioned thinwall socket, extension and ratchet where necessary. But you have to be oh, so careful, and if I had not been doing my setups for going on 35 years now (ever since I took the pickguard screws out of my first Sears & Roebuck to look underneath to see how it worked), combined with rebuilding a Jaguar cylinder head and having to be oh so careful with a torque wrench on the aluminum head and cam covers, developing a feel as to just how far you can go and no further without damage, I would not have resorted to the heavy artillery, but left it for a qualified luthier.
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Scott's right on with this. There is, however, a reason to use the longer-shafted nutdriver that Rickenbacker sells and recommends: it places your hand and knuckles clear of the headstock hardware and strings, and gives a more accurate "feel" than a short-handled one.
As I have mentioned, I thin out the head of the nutdriver by grinding it down to about 1/32" wall at the hex corners; it's too thick as it comes to work on anything but brand-new Ricks, and you won't be torquing hard enough with it to need full socket strength. However, don't buy a cheapo driver (non-hardened) and grind it down, or you'll find you've split the socket the first time you use it!
As I have mentioned, I thin out the head of the nutdriver by grinding it down to about 1/32" wall at the hex corners; it's too thick as it comes to work on anything but brand-new Ricks, and you won't be torquing hard enough with it to need full socket strength. However, don't buy a cheapo driver (non-hardened) and grind it down, or you'll find you've split the socket the first time you use it!
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No grinding needed? (as 'jingle jangle' mentioned)
If not I'll have to revise my plans and get that one!
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This is the same tool that RIC sells, Xcelite by Cooper Tools. http://www.cooperhandtools.com/brands/c ... 7103483720
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Good to know!ken_j wrote:This is the same tool that RIC sells, Xcelite by Cooper Tools. http://www.cooperhandtools.com/brands/c ... 7103483720
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Thus my sardonic grin.ken_j wrote:This is the same tool that RIC sells, Xcelite by Cooper Tools. http://www.cooperhandtools.com/brands/c ... 7103483720