Bullet Truss Rod Nut Install
I have a strat with a asian neck big headstock.
Bullet truss rod nut install. It just needs that 70 s bullet tip. Bullet ht truss rod nut. I ve been eyeing up the mexican truss rod nut 003 8454 049 as a close enough match. The reason for the curve is so when you tighten up on the truss rod nut it will cause the neck to flex or to straighten out.
The truss rod channel should be deep enough to fit the truss rod but no deeper. It s simple easy to use and delivers immediate results. In a lot of the singe rod truss rods you need to have some kind of a curve in them to make the work right. The filet that you took out may have had a curve in it.
Discussion in tech talk started by danzigdan jul 29 2020. In this video we ll answer that question with my. Install the truss rod. Whether it sticks out to the correct visual length is a good question though.
They fit the standard single action truss rods commonly used on gibson and fender guitars mandolins banjos as well as some others. The guitar nutbuster is a patented all in one floating and suspended system that attaches directly to your guitar s strings safely and with no damage. Whether it fits or not is up in the air. The bullet is the nut that makes the truss rod adjustments you would need to replace it with another nut that is either hex or screw head but i don t know if the pocket is deep enough for one of those to be hidden or if the threads would match.
One end of the rod is anchored inside the neck and the other end is threaded to accept an adjusting nut. The truss rod in a 70 s style neck is longer that uses the bullet truss nut. The bullet is exactly the same as a normal truss rod nut except for the shape. Feb 10 2014 wny.
What do you do when your 70s fender jazz bass precision bass tele or strat has a stripped truss rod nut. Use the truss rod rescue tools to repair standard truss rods. It would be a major pain in ass to add a spacer on the bullet nut so it sticks out of the hole and looks correct i would just buy the neck with the correct features. T he guitar nutbuster is an attachable user installed completely non invasive locking tune stabilizing system that offers significant control over the most common tuning problems.