Neck relief changed after taking all strings off and putting them back on

[Markcarl]

I installed a set of PRS SE locking tuners on an SE DGT a few days ago. I removed all the strings from the guitar and restrung with the same strings after the new tuners were in place. I noticed afterwards that the action at the 12th fret and 5th fret had gone up significantly and the guitar was harder to play. I saw a lot of relief in the neck and tightened the truss rod. After doing that my guitar plays as normal.

I have a few questions:

Has anyone else experienced this?

Is it normal to have to readjust the truss rod after removing all the strings and later replacing with the same set of strings?

 

[JasonE]

When putting the same gage of string back on, I would say it isn't something that happens frequently but it isn't unheard of either. I have seen them move but not by a huge amount. It is enough to affect playing but not drastic. I don't typically see these kind of things on my core guitars.

 

[Senor Verde]

I have guitars that the neck relief changes quite often, just sitting around. This happens with PRS, Gibson and my Warmoth Fender copies. I could understand it happening when changing strings.

 

[Markcarl]

Thanks guys. I may never know what caused the change. Now it’s playing like normal. I’m digging the locking tuners.