Truss Rod Adjustment - 535

[DetroitBlues]

I did see the Las Vagas Guitar Center got a Heritage Blues Deluxe (which really looks like a 555) for $1200....

 

[111518]

Just to clarify, the trus rod nut on Heritage guitars is the same size as on Gibsons. Can be adjusted with a 5/16ths nut driver, or special tools are available that feature longer length to clear the peghead and/or thinner walls to fit more easily within the cavity than most standard nutdrivers. I checked on the Stew Mac site, and they no longer sell my favorite truss rod wrench, which had a long T-handle which made it very easy to visualize how much of a turn you had made. They do, however, still sell a long, thin-walled, 5-16th wrench. I never liked the short wrenches that often come with guitars. not enough leverage, too much interference --not a good choice, in my experience.

 

Sorry about your guitar. I've got one guitar(not a Heritage) with a nonfunctional truss rod ... hard to even find anyone who wants to take on the job of replacing a truss rod, so, definitely made the right call to send it back.

[Hfan]

I did see the Las Vagas Guitar Center got a Heritage Blues Deluxe (which really looks like a 555) for $1200....

 

Wow, that appears to be a nice deal and GC has that easy return policy I believe. Blues deluxe was an Ed Roman model?

[DetroitBlues]

Yep, but I don't think its what they labeled it as. The Blues deluxe was just a 535 or Prospect with Ed's custom ordered Duncans and special colors, weren't they?

[smurph1]

Just to clarify, the trus rod nut on Heritage guitars is the same size as on Gibsons. Can be adjusted with a 5/16ths nut driver, or special tools are available that feature longer length to clear the peghead and/or thinner walls to fit more easily within the cavity than most standard nutdrivers. I checked on the Stew Mac site, and they no longer sell my favorite truss rod wrench, which had a long T-handle which made it very easy to visualize how much of a turn you had made. They do, however, still sell a long, thin-walled, 5-16th wrench. I never liked the short wrenches that often come with guitars. not enough leverage, too much interference --not a good choice, in my experience.

 

Sorry about your guitar. I've got one guitar(not a Heritage) with a nonfunctional truss rod ... hard to even find anyone who wants to take on the job of replacing a truss rod, so, definitely made the right call to send it back.

Yep Definitely a Big Job to replace a truss rod..IIRC, it involves removing the fingerboard..Not Fun and NOT CHEAP!!

[big bob]

Wow, that appears to be a nice deal and GC has that easy return policy I believe. Blues deluxe was an Ed Roman model?

 

They were very well appointed prospects, with a solid center block. and if i'm not mistaken this one in particular was the one that Marty bought and had to send back because of an un-disclosed head stock repair..