I just bought a squier strat off you idiots things a absolute piece of garbage. Ridiculous fret buzz, chips in the guitar and not to mention the chipped wood where your 3rd world workers presumably used the back of a pistol to hammer in my frets. If I weren’t to return this heap of wood you like to call a guitar I’d have a hand of blood with those sharp ass frets. Astonished to say the least from one of the “leading guitar brands” even if it is a lower cost model.

Mike J747 exact same problem with me but with my open low E and A string so frustrating on a new guitar, have you returned it and if so any tips? During this Rona I’m having a hard time contacting anyone about it

Mike J747 they definitely don’t... I know I’ve seen a video at the Gibson factory there were multiple people employed just for testing the guitars and ensuring quality this clearly isn’t the case with fender. I’m debating trading it in for another squier strat or just putting in a little more money and going with an ibanez

Mike J747 I also have a feeling due to the fretboard itself being chipped that the frets were just poorly placed and that’s the reason for the buzzing. Being as I only spent a little over $200 on it there’s no sense in putting more than a 100 in to repair a brand new guitar

Great info.... what is the case your using that the guitar is in???

Me : Reads your post then rushes back downstairs to loosen my truss rod after 11 turns 😨

I literally laughed out loud. I haven't twisted mine yet :D

Man, I'm the same way, they shouldn't scare people away from making a truss rod adjustment... I'd turn mine a ton of times until I liked the action and didn't have buzz. Here's my bit of wisdom for anyone that's doing this adjustment for the first time.. While I've cranked my truss rods many times before.. it is wise to go in small increments. Not out of fear of damaging the neck.. but after an adjustment, I can play it and it's the most amazing feeling action I'll ever get on that guitar. However, the next morning, things will be over adjusted. If you're able to, make small adjustments, and let it sit for over night if possible. That'll give the guitar time to settle back into place. Most of us guitar nuts take some kind of caution when it comes to our shit because guitars aren't cheap, and doing your own maintenence can be useful and save you $. Truss rod adjustments are one of those things that aren't hard, and aren't going to do permanent damage as long as you take the usual precautions. adjust it with common sense and you'll be fine, and it makes such a difference in how that guitar plays and feels. Doing the same with saddle adjustments only helps hone in even more. Don't Let these dudes make you nervous, and spend money you don't have to.

At least I'm not the only one

I was all set with the ratcheting Allen key, I was going to turn the thing at least a few times. When he said that, I'd maybe done a 1/4 turn, tried it out and it was perfect! Guess I finally did something right!

Danny Criss That is exactly correct.

Täking Thë High Roäd Not only did it probably help your daughter but helped me and probably others visualize it better too. Great analogy.

Holy shit you're amazing!

Good god! Thank you! I was thinking the same thing, but the same time I was thinkin, if it was like a normal screw throug a little piece of wood, if you tighten that, it would bend the wood so.. I was like.. why can he not just show with his arm «if I tighten, it goes like this, and I loosen it goes like this» damn! Its like.. 50/50 chance to missounderstand the whole thing!

Charlie Foxtrot The 3rd good statement you should work for fender

I can't get the sound out of my mind.... guaranteed nightmares! I'm convinced more than ever to spend the money and let a professional do it.

IT sounded like somebody just broke their back!! OMG!!

He's butchering that poor bass

And not even loosening the strings!

A chiropractor masquerading as a guitar tech...that popping and cracking...😯

😅 no basses were harmed during the filming of this tutorial.

Did he hurt the guitar?

I was literally feeling the same. Stomach dropped when he exposed the vintage style tross rod opening

I agree, I was a little concerned. I won’t be doing that to mine, I’ll take the time to loosen the strings and then retune after adjustment.

When he said "I lean... Like this..." I said out loud NO YOU DON'T! 😅😂

Bro my G string is buzzing that to only in 1st to 2nd fret so if i loose the truss rod will it be proper forever?

@@atuldevprabhu You probably need a new nut because it’s cut too low

@@atuldevprabhu no, just adjust the action (at the bridge) of that one string to be high enough to eliminate the buzzing

@@ruefus88 No no no! Adjust the neck FFS!

The neck off I agree with but if you don’t own a Gretsch(which has the dual action rod; by far the best neck tech ever) … it’s a need. I own all vintage spec fenders. Jaguars, a tele and a Geddy Jazz Bass… All are heel adjustment and you can do it without it off but it might as well be; cause you back the screws out totally to get the angle or eventually pop the neck off 🤷🏻‍♂️. Yeah…. Not ideal. But if I play a fender I can’t have it without the heel truss. I just like vintage era guitars and that’s most true for a Fender. And I like the Offset which is mostly all heel era. But the Tele deluxe or whatever in the 70’s had a bullet with that tilt shift I’d def get too. Neck is easy adjustments… practical. Although fender needs to wake up and use dual like every other civilized guitar company. I live at the jersey shore.. yeah that one. Like right near it. I hate them and they represent zero about this area. That being said; the barometer changes so drastically I am minutes that I’ve watched the guitar fret out mid playing. And I know my guys es and work on em all. I’ve had the geddy Lee neck on blocks bent so far into a forced back bow you’d think it’s impossible to ever stay untwisted or work again. But it does. It is the only option. The ONLY fender I own that doesn’t require introduced back bow yearly - a Mexican made nitro “60’s lacquered” Jaguar, I’ve played 5k relics and originals… This Mexican gem they did one year of is the best fender I’ve ever played and that neck don’t budge. I lost my point Dual truss rod should be a no brainer on every guitar though. It’s like so simple and I don’t get why it’s not a thing in them all…. Especially once the patent was up… I mean Gretsches cheapest line have em and it’s so convenient. But only a guitarist who does his own setups; living against the Atlantic knows the true reality of what I am stressing lol.

I felt it, damnn

I did a double take …. I watched it twice ./

I did!

@@astro-ascensiontarot60 Yes.

I did,,,

I wish I didn't try to copy that on my CS.

no more thumbs down now! It's literally the meme g

@@apocakowhat are thumbs down?

@@Ottophil Under the video you can like or dislike the video.

Working on a guitar is no big deal. I know folks who take their guitar to the shop to have new strings put on...

hows life going?

Or get a gibson....

@@flhoneycomb5426 lol ur funny. Gibson? More like throw away your money for something you could get for a couple grand cheaper.

Or get a replacement neck lol

@@flhoneycomb5426 at that point just get a prs or something high quality

@@flhoneycomb5426 maybe if it was before 2006

Separating the neck from the body like this idiot in the video well definitely put a crack in the neck pocket.

I think the neck has a bit of springiness to it, so it's a little forgiving. I could be completely wrong though. I assume he knows what he's doing.

@@RByrne I believe he's including the body also. The screws are loosened to tilt the neck & then there is a pulling pressure on the threading of the wood.

I agree I would prolly whooop his ass if I seen him do that to my Marr Jag lol What a joke this guy is gonna have all these noobs really jacking up their guitars when they try it like he did . HEY FOLKS !!! this guy has prolly done this a billion times PLEASE LOOSEN YOUR STRINGS FIRST did you see they guy beside him pucker up when he did it like that LMAO stripped out neck screws SUCK and are a pain to fix

Tommy Fargo This guy is really playing with fire, HE risks very little (if anything breaks...well he works at Fender, so I doubt he would get fired for breaking a guitar), but I would never give such advices to others. This is just plain laziness, loosen the strings and put a capo on 1st fret. My fear would be, as you said, to rip the neck away from the screws. This would normally happen only with a major shock (guitar falling down the stairs, etc.) but I wouldn't take the risk to get a crack or break a screw... Fender guitar are very solid, but still.

LOL

Japhet Anciado this video covers the basics, it should work for you. whether you adjust from the top, or the base of the neck, loosening string tension will make the process easier. i'm adjusting my bass rod because the neck is bowed backward.... in your case, if the neck is straight ( hold your eye close to one end of the neck, look to the other end, and you'll see if it's curved or not, alot or a little ), and you want to change string height or action, you'll probably want to play with string saddle height at the bridge.

Even if you have fun wranglin' it? Lol

What is it exactly? It's beautiful.

Well, since there are no static numbers and relief is a matter of personal taste, he really couldn't do it.

Hold the first fret and the 17th fret of your low e string (you can use a capo on the first if you like) and tap the string around the 11th and 12th fret. Sometimes i'll repeat that on the high e if i suspect there's a twist in the neck. There should be a little bit of space there, maybe enough for a business card to slip into while just barely touching? I usually keep mine VERY close, almost straight, the tiniest bit of space there. But i work on guitars for a living and my frets are level to an almost goofy extent. If they aren't, you miiiiight not get away with it. A good rule to live by is to just keep the neck where it wants to be with minimal buzzing. A little is fine and most guitars have it anyway. But if you can't hear any buzzing through the amp and you have good sustain, anything else is just icing on the cake.

Guillermo Pamanes well that’s sad but true.. i keep watching these videos hoping for absolute value but reality is every guitar is different because of varying built & condition. These videos really serve only as guide, a safe ballpark value. I ended up in trial and error till it worked. I hate it actually lol 😂, because I bought all right tools first, gauge, nut file, steel ruler. There’s one similar video here by John Caruthers, I followed exactly his values, the end result: my bass buzzed, and I have to buy again a new nut 😆.

I'm going to grab the set of feeler gages that I have from the old days when you had to set the points on a distributor. Boy I'll bet that goes over the heads of most of the folks watching this video.

@@counciousstream we used a matchbook

bad to wood

@@Luismiguitar Not sure what you are trying to put together with words there, bud.

@@12south31 warm up the cavity with a hair dryer" is bad for de wood of the guitar.

@@Luismiguitar de wood will be fine

@@Luismiguitarwhat would you suggest doing instead?

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he dude your daughter gave your guitar away to some soy boy

Only loosen neck if u can’t safely reach adjusting screw safely

at least it is not your guitar

also, probably a terrible idea to show most people. i get he's very experience, but for teaching other's this should show what will work for others. i can tell you right now this doesn't work at all on at least some new fenders not to mention potential disasters when trying

Bro... you mad? Would you like some cake?

Taco Jiminez Dude. Read the comments. Everybody here is appalled by what that guy did, luthiers included. Nobody should ever treat an instrument that way. The sound it makes alone is a clear indication of wrong doing. Get a life.

I rather would call this guy Fender Masterdestroyer ! This is not what a serious luthier should do, and he does this just because it costs time. Didn't you hear the screws cracking the wood. This is unbelievable !

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Don't do the pushing the heel out of the pocket technique please. just loosen everything and take the neck off

Alexander Waidhofer that was so funny

There is very little chance of a broken truss rod. You have a better chance of damaging your fret wire with a capo than breaking a truss rod. Don't be afraid of the guitar. Take your time and use common sense and take it slow. Things get messed up when people get in a hurry. You don't need to be a guitar tech to turn a truss rod. You need to be patient.

Simon Painter Absolutely correct! That's the way the pros do it. I have always used this exact method on my 1976 Precision.

Ah no they don't.