Truss Rod
Posted August 22, 2008
By admin
Is it possible for an acoustic guitar to not have a truss rod?
I swear I think my guitar doesn't have a truss rod. What should I do?
Really cheap steel-string guitars might not have a truss rod. If you have one of these guitars, and the neck warps or bows, you're out of luck. There's no way to straighten the neck and your guitar is now good for use only as a wall hanging or decorative planter.
Having said that -- older Martin guitars (definitely NOT cheap!) have hollow square truss rods in the neck but they're non-adjustable. They built them that way on the theory that a well-constructed and set up guitar shouldn't NEED adjustment. And AFAIK, for the most part, they don't. And classical guitars (even very good ones) don't have truss rods either, as nylon strings exert far less tension and pull on the neck than steel string instruments, so truss rods aren't needed.
On some guitars, the truss rod can be accessed at the end of the neck seen through the sound hole, rather than at the headstock. Did you look there?
If all else fails and you still can't find the truss rod, take your guitar to a guitar repair person and let him/her find it and adjust it for you. If there isn't one, he/she will tell you.
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