While adjusting the truss rod on my 62 HR, I noticed that the nut does not come out when unscrwed all the way -- it just seems to bind to the rod and begin to torque it, which I understand to be a characteristic of bi-flex rods. Can anyone confirm, please?

Thanks,

Gil

I've a 57 hotrod as you know the ethos of those guitars is a vintage replica with a few added mods. My 57 has a standard rod as does i suspect the 62 have. Funny that you mention a nut, mine has a screw adjuster. It sounds to me like your overtightening it or have threaded the rod at the anchor end.

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Well, I guess the name of the adjusting end of the truss rod is "nut," although it didn't mean it was a hex nut, as in most Gibsons. Mine is the cross slotted type, as found in vintage instruments. The difference is, when unscrewing it all the way, so that means counterclockwise, the nut will not come loose, period. Instead, it seems to begin to torque the truss rod, which suggested to me I may have a bi-flex type.

While the 57 and 65 HRs are closely related, the neck on the 62 is about twice the size of that of the 57. I wouldn't necessarily be all that surprised if they used different tryuss rod styles.

Thanks for your reply,

Gil

no bi flex listed on the spec sheet.

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Right, that's the reason I thought to ask here to see if anyone knew.

Thanks for your replies,

G.

Hello Ayan,

Firstly welcome to this forum.

I'm the owner of a '62 hotrod, nowhere have I seen
anything indicating a bi-flex truss rod.
My suggestion is to call Fender Customer Service
for a difinative answer.

Best of luck with your guitar.

I got a white one and it's a great Strat.
What color did you get? How about some nice photos?

Cheers

Hi and thanks for the welcome. The guitar is fine now, I am just curious at this point.

Mine is a sunburst, got it used but mint foran excellent price. Spend a few bucks changing the plastic parts to white and that's it. Hopefully the picture will come through.

Cheers,

Gil

Nice guitar, man. Looks like a sexy woman.

Hello Ayan,

Hey Gil, thats a good lookin axe you got there.
A real nice dark fretboard. Thanks for the photo.

Cheers.

Hi Gil, welcome to the Forum.

I've never met a trussrod that will come out - have you? Kind of intrinsic to its operation that it's anchored at the far end.

BTW: regarding biflex and other two-way trussrods. I'm curious if anyone here that owns one has EVER used their rod
in the other direction - to force frontbow rather than constrain it? I never have on mine.

Reason I'm asking: I've been sent one of Stew-Mac's two-way rods because I was interested to try it. If it is
to be fitted for adjustment at the nut then the depth of route required for this double rod means that a channel will
be required to be cut into the face of a six-on-a-side headstock to allow access for the allen key - which will not
be pretty.

Stew-Mac assured me that this would not be so - but it is.

I'm suddenly wondering if I think a double-action rod is at all worth the trouble...?

Cheers - C

Just to clarify, I am referring to the fact that the truss rod NUT doesn't come out. The rod, of course, is anchored at the non-adjustable end and it takes messing with that end to allow it to come out of the neck.

Don't know much about bi-blex rods. Fender's are not two rods side by side, but Stew Mac's are. They are supposedly more stable, but they do weigh obviously twice as much as a single rod.

Cheers,

Gil

Yes it is adding the weight of a second truss rod.

You also keep saying the nut won't come "out", when actually it comes "off".

The nut on a typical single action truss rod should unscrew from the end when turned anti-clockwise. The threads on the truss rod shaft are probably buggered up somehow causing it to bind when you loosen it.

This video ( http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Tools/Speci ... ml#details ) will give you an idea how the truss rod nut works.

This also give you an idea of how the truss rod looks outside of a neck.
http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Truss_rods/ ... ml#details
http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Truss_rods/ ... ml#details

Right, the nut will not come "off" the rod, and it doesn't come "out" of the neck channel. A bi-flex rod, as per my understanding, has the nut permanently attached to it can torque the truss rod in both directions. In that case, the nut will not come off.

Gil

Man that is just classy looking and that fretboard is of the chart. I deffinetly have to grab one of those. I could kick myself in the $@! because I could of grabbed a brand new one on ebay last month for $1350 and let it go because I did not like the sherwood green but when Isaw it in person I did dig it .Now it is just putting in all those hours to get one for the right price.

Don't hate me, but I paid a grand even for mine... a local guy was selling it, so I got to play it first too.

Gil