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Drosenkranz
Username: Drosenkranz
Registered: 10-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 17, 2006 - 7:22 pm: | |
Stumbled across this site looking for a part number and found the info for the Hoshino location in Bensalem PA in another posted discussion yesterday. THANKS! Been looking for a part number for a replacement truss rod adjusting nut on an AS-83 - even Hoshino couldn't give me an actual part number but they sent me a few replacements out at $2 a piece! Any idea how/why it stripped? Are they designed to "give out" if someone tryed to put too much pressure on the rod or was this just a bad nut to begin with? The guitar is basically unplayed - I know the original owner who got it as a gift but doesn't play/like hollow bodies. Any thoughts or ideas would be appreciated on the AS-83 and the bad nut. Thanks for your time, Dave |
Gemberbier
Username: Gemberbier
Registered: 05-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 17, 2006 - 9:26 pm: | |
Well, if someone put too much tension on the truss rod, there is a chance that the fretboard comes loose. The need for so much tension is normally absent on an AS, if you use a .010 or a .011 set of strings. But if you start using .013 sets your axe becomes some sort of longbow, and you'll be asking very much of your truss rod to correct this curve. So don't.
Blues players like BB King use .010-.046 (there is even a Gibson BB King set, nothing special but the man's picture is on it).
And jazz fusion players use .011-.052 jazz roundwound strings, like Dean Markley SLP 2526 MED (nickel-iron alloy with a wound 3rd).
The advantage of .010-.046 for blues is that they bend easily. Thicker strings give a louder output, but you also need more strength.
I would advice you to choose your strings, buy them on the web, put them on your axe under low tension (tune it D to D), go to a real luthier and have the truss rod profesionally adjusted.
Normal fee: about €15.-
Once you are there, ask him to inspect the nut filing as well and have it corrected if necessary. The fee will be about the same, but when he does it in one job it may be cheaper.
If you're satisfied about sound and playability stick to that set of strings and leave the truss rod as it is.
(Each time you start using heavier or lighter gauges, the guitar will need a new truss rod adjustment job.)
Before you order a luthier to do these things, call him and ask him what he charges per hour and what he charges for this double job. If it's ridiculously high, look for another luthier. Watch out: there are so-called luthiers/guitar workshops who offer you an overall service for more than €120.- This is bull....
These are relatively small jobs, that can be done within 30 minutes, while you're watching (there is no magic to it).
Look at your watch before you enter the shop, keep your questions/instructions as breef as possible, and ask him if he can do it right away while you're watching.
If not, don't leave the guitar there, but make another appointment. If he starts acting mysteriously, find another luthier.
It never hurts to call some luthiers, before you pick one. Talk about an ES-335 imitation, because they often don't know what an AS-83 is.
From their experience they know how much time they need on a Lucille. They can tell you what it costs and when they have time to do the job while you're waiting/watching.
Don't forget your truss rod nuts!
Ginger |
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