Gibson Truss Rod Nut

Truss rods and truss rod nuts allparts uk.

Gibson truss rod nut. Gibson started using the long taper nuts in the 1950s and continues to use them today. Edited september 11 2019 by mihcmac. Your guitar must be tuned to pitch using your preferred gauge of strings when you do this and under tension or it simply won t be correct. Guitar truss rod wrench luthier tool for 8mm 5 16 gibson nut brand new 3 9 out of 5 stars 3 9 16 9.

You can use a 5 16 socket but i would recommend one of those gibson truss rod wrenches that looks like a little corn cob pipe but is usually black in color sometimes chrome. It has thin walls that make it easy to get in the truss rod cutout of the peghead. Interestingly these nuts sit lower than the headstock facing so it looks like the damage occurred as the face of the headstock was being prepped to receive the overlaid facing. It is usually not too hard to thread it back in.

The truss rod adjustment on a gibson les paul is done using its brass nut at the headstock end of the neck located under the truss rod cover funnily enough. 16 futheda guitar truss rod wrench luthier screwdriver for taylor guitars silver 4 3 out of 5 stars 42. Gibson used short taper truss rod nuts from the late teens into the early 1950s. The short taper leaves more metal for the hex sides which gives wrenches a good grip.

Gibson don t tend to mask the truss rod cavity terribly well before spraying so you can see that some of the nuts in these images have lacquer on them even over the ground away portion. They should have them wherever they sell gibson or aftermarket guitar parts.