Tool for truss rod?

[markster]

I have a Stingray 5 and can't find a good tool for adjusting the truss rod. It's weird, but I didn't get one with my purchase - or is this normal? Any other guitar or bass I've purchased came with a tool for adjusting the truss rod. Even an OLP MM3 that I had came with one!
Did the music store lose mine or don't we get one with a new stingray?
Anyway, what is a good tool for adjusting the truss rod? Where can I get it?

Thanks,
Mark

 

[midopa]

Try a small Philipshead screwdriver. I'm talking about the ones that are like 1/8" in diameter (maybe smaller - whatever fits into the holes for the truss "wheel" best). Then plop it in there and turn.

The truss wheels of MM basses are my most favorite feature - very, very convenient.

 

[bovinehost]

I have this one tool that adjusts the truss rod, moves the saddles back and forth when I intonate my bass, removes the pickguard, fastens the pickguard back on, removes the control plate and fastens it back on....

...you know, that thing was pretty cheap, considering all the things I can do with it.

 

[Psychicpet]

I'll take two of those bartender!

 

[NorM]

I use the same allen wrench that I use to unclamp my lock nut on my floyds. Oops, this is the bass board.

I use an allen wrench.

 

[markster]

Nyuck, nyuck...

Okay everybody, I'm not THAT stupid... I could shoot a photo of the bent screwdriver that was used in my attempt to adjust the truss rod, but I think you all can catch my drift...

Alright, so maybe the problem is that my truss rod is very tight? Maybe too tight? If you are all using screwdrivers, then either you have very strong ones, or something's wrong with my truss rod?

With my OLP, they included a hardened steel tool, specifically designed for the truss rod. It's slightly too large for my Stingray though... I guess I was just thinking that Ernie Ball may have made a tool specifically for their truss rods?

I guess not...

 

[Aussie Mark]

There certainly are plenty of tools in this forum. For 10 points, make a list of the top 5 tools who post here. Be selective and objective.

 

[bovinehost]

Yo, Markster - seriously, if the truss adjustment wheel thingy is so hard to move that you bent a screwdriver, you need to have that checked out.

If you're trying to tighten it, try backing off some first and take all the tension off the strings. They do get stuck...so loosen it a half turn (use a pencil to mark where it was) and see if it will swing back the other way past the mark WITHOUT FORCING IT.

 

[Derek]

Most folks use an Allen wrench.


We felt we did not need to include a specific adjustment tool with our basses and guitars because they are easily lost or misplaced.
The Idea behind the truss wheel is that any tool that would fit in the holes will work to make an adjustment.

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