Hello Guys
Now I need Your help.
Yesterday I justed my USA 1973 Stratos's neck with bad results; the thrusrod cracked just behind the nut.
I deassebly the neck out from body and find the fixing point of rod on body side.
But how can I release this conccestion on body side?
The justing nut is on machine side of my Fender (serial number 417607)
So please help me, how to change the thrusrod.

With Best Regads
jorkki

Welcome to the Forum.

I would suggest finding a Tech and have it repaired if you want to keep the stock neck.

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I didn't Lose my mind, I traded it for this guitar.

Holy **** I have had trussrod nightmares a couple of times its a phobia of mine I think lol

It really is time to take it to a professional.

Thank you, guys
I believed you and took a contact to guitar repair specialist.
He told me have a special tool to make more room for longer trussrod's nut and make new threads for that.
Also told that it's almost impossible to take old trussrod out.

So I will give my Strato his hands.

Be nice for people, Chrismas is coming

Excellent. Let us know how it turns out.

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I didn't Lose my mind, I traded it for this guitar.

Sounds like they are going to use the Stewart Mac. Rescue kit. That is what that does it cuts the wood to expose more of the rod and adds thread to the rod. Well worth 230.00 for the kit if you own a shop and see this from time to time.

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Truss rod problems are scary. Its the one thing adjustment/repair wise that still scares me. I hope it works out for you, let us know.

Personally I think the hardest part of switching guitars is getting to know a new neck, so I hope they can save this one for you.

Same body, new neck, feels like a foreign country. Same neck, new body, still kinda feels like home.

I got bad news today.
They cannot fix my Strat's truss rod, because it's too deep inside the neck to reach.
So I must play without truss rod and see what happens.

Would You please help me to find a new or a reissue neck to my 1973 Strato with Micro Tilt Neck.

Life hurts.
Please let me know
BR
jorkki

If you are competent enough you might wanna try and take a look at Stew Macs Truss Rod Rescue Kit...here's the link ->http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Truss_rods/Special_tools_for:_Truss_rods/Truss_Rod_Rescue_Kit.html

You have a 73 with a bullet truss rod, where exactly did it crack? Right below the nut? You mentioned body side.

The crack is just below the nut as You guessed.
But problem is that there is no enough room to use same kind of "repair kit" drill as mentioned an one e-mail. The drilled hole will became too large.
The neck is made of maple, so no fingerboard => the drill will come out from string side of neck. This is what my guitar tech said and I trust his words.
So give information, if I am not right?

BR
jorkki

That's a shame. But as we know, the alternative is getting a new neck. If that neck is trashed I would get the stewmac kit myself anyway and try my luck at it. Either way, let us know how it turned out.

Well, if it were me, and thankfully its not (no offense, but i had a nightmare about breaking my guitars neck once.) Anyway if it were me, I would buy the kit and try. It 's a repair I don't want to have to make, but if it did happen, i would look at it as a learning opportunity.

I would get a second opinion on that repair too. This repair isn't totally unheard of. I guess without seeing the damage up close, in real life none of us can really make the judgment call.

The kit is not too expensive. All you have to lose is the price of the kit. Worst you can do is have to buy a new neck, which is your only alternative anyway.

Option one: Buy a new neck.
Option 2: Buy the repair kit and fix the net. if it works you save the bucks.
Option 3: Buy the repair kit and fail to fix the neck. If it doesn't work you are out the cost of a new neck, plus the cost of the kit.

So I guess you are limited by your budget, and/or your sense of adventure!!!

I had a truss rod break in one of my strats a few years ago. I removed the "skunk stripe", fabricated a new truss rod and installed it, now it's (almost) good as new.
You could find a decent replacement neck for less than the price of the repair kit.