Martin Style Truss Rod

Vencetmat 5mm truss rod wrench allen wrench tool ball end for martin acoustic guitar truss rod adjustment and deep or narrow truss adjustment.

Martin style truss rod.

Strong aluminum one way truss rod similar to the design used by martin for many years. M6 x 1 0 thread width. Martin acoustic guitar needs special allen or he. Adjustable truss rods are amazing.

This time he showed how to adjust truss rod on a martin acoustic guitar. Now the adjustable rod is a standard feature of martin and most other steel string guitars. Use the martin guitar allen truss rod wrench to adjust your guitar s neck to achieve the action you desire. Oh yes i do have an opinion.

Free shipping on your first order shipped by amazon. Without them we re more limited in what we can do during a setup as an aside while vigier make great guitars i d happily give up all the carbon fibre solidness for the chance to tweak the truss rod when needed. Over the years the tension from the strings will pull the neck forward. The truss rod is accessed through the guitar s sound hole.

The truss rod is accessed through the guitar s sound hole. Includes a 4 1 2 bent leg. Here is edwin s another guitar tip. Martin started using adjustable truss rods in 1985.

Everything they built prior had a non adjustable truss rod and in the 70 s the truss rod consisted of a inch square tube. Get it as soon as wed sep 23. To release or add tension to the neck you will need a 5 mm allen wrench with a 4 inch handle item 13wr0001. The adjustable rod allowed martin to make their necks a bit slimmer to meet popular requests.

Single action adjustable truss rod for martin installation instructions. The aluminum u channel has an internal 3 16 steel rod and a 5mm allen adjusting nut with washer. Around 1985 martin finally started using an adjustable rod which can be reached through the soundhole for adjustment. I 1177 the single action adjustable truss rod requires a straight 0 400 deep slot measured from the flat fingerboard surface of the neck.