It's unbelievable to me now but for the first few years I played guitar, I had absolutely no idea what a truss rod was – let alone how to adjust it. Blame it on being self-taught and knowing few ...

3. Under the truss rod cover. On the Ibanez RG we’re using as a test subject, the truss rod’s under the truss rod cover (no surprise!). We’ve removed the locking nut string clamps and retainer bar to ...

We have Gibson's Thaddeus "Ted" McHugh to thank for truss rods, and a lot to be thankful for. They made the instrument ready for the steel-string era, more playable and more durable – and ...

There are two main types of truss rod you'll encounter on guitars; single-action and dual-action.They affect the way the way you can adjust them. A single-action truss rod can only be adjusted in ...

For the wheel type of truss rod adjustment at the base of the neck that I mentioned earlier, while looking from the bottom of the guitar body, rotate clockwise to add bow and flatten the relief, turn ...