Truss rod Adjustment

[Markeje]

Hey everyone I need a little help.

Just to be clear - if i want to to straighten the neck out on my 06 CE-24 to bring the strings off of the frets just a tiny bit, I need to turn truss rod which direction if I'm looking down the neck from the head stock? Clockwise?

Thanks!

 

[goat-n-gitter]

If you are needing to raise the strings off the fretboard, chances are the neck is too straight or has a back bow. For this you would want to loosen the trussrod slightly, or turn it counter-clockwise when looking down from the headstock. This allows the neck to bow into the string tension, raising the action slightly.
Always be sure to make very small adjustments (~1/4 turn), then retune and wait a little while for the neck to settle.

Tom

 

[Markeje]

Awesome - Thank goat! It's almost the perfect for my liking but the 5,6/E, A just have a skosh too much fret buzz is all.

 

[Markeje]

The trust rod hex nut is 5/16 right? The 1 I have does not fit the CE24

 

[swede71]

If you have string buzz you should loosen the trussrod( counter clockwise).If neck feels great and sounds ok on the other strings perhaps raising the E and A strings will help .Most often people have the action set too low and have the neck too straight.

 

[David Grantham]