StewMac | 2 years ago
Tomo Fujita reached out to us about one of his favorite guitars, a vintage '65 Fender Mustang. It badly needed a truss rod adjustment, but the nut just spun when tightened past a certain point. We thought this would be a great opportunity for Dan Erlewine to show us how to diagnose the problem and attempt to fix it.
0:00 Tomo explains the problem
01:55 Fix #1
05:30 Adjusting the truss rod
07:36 Fix #2
10:35 Replacing the neck shim
12:24 Did the fix work?
13:02 Dan reports back to Tomo
14:37 Tomo's special surprise
15:59 Tomo tests out the guitar
Products used in this video include:
Truss Rod Rescue Tools
https://www.stewmac.com/item/6190
StewMac Neck Shims
https://www.stewmac.com/item/2135-100
Precision Notched Straightedge
https://www.stewmac.com/item/3814
Neck Caul for Jaws2
https://www.stewmac.com/item/4269
Truss Rod Wrench for Fender
https://www.stewmac.com/item/6111
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