If not, then your neck may have developed the dreaded back-bow. If the nut is coming off the rod, that means it's as loose as it gets, and normally in that situation, string tension will pull the neck into a high relief (up-bow) state. There's a metal washer deep in the hole that the nut rides up against to pull the neck straight. I don't see where you can loosen the truss rod with this design. I don't get it!! How do I loosen the truss rod to add relief? Does this sound right? Any Elitist 65 owners.I would love to hear your thoughts!! After viewing a Stewmac video I now realize this is a Gibson style truss rod with a nut on the adjusting end of the rod. ![]() The problem is that if I crank it counter clockwise (lefty loosey) to add relief to the neck the fitting is just loosening off the rod. ![]() You're absolutely correct Yorgle….I have a Gibson tool that fits over the bullet fitting.
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