Allen Wrench for trussrod...

[toejam]

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Socket style... as in this?




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Yes, that's a socket style version. Allen keys are what you use on your locking nut and Floyd locking pins, saddles, posts.
The only guitar company I can think of offhand that uses an allen key to adjust its truss rod is Fender.

[Number Of The Priest]

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Well, four out of five of my guitars use these sort of keys for truss rod adjustment:



Whereas my Ibanez has a bullet truss rod that requires a different kind of key, I am assuming sort of like the picture I posted in my previous reply.

[yabba]

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what size IS the socket on jacksons with a socket truss rod adjuster?

(I put my standard 11s tuned to Eb on the new rhoads and it needs just a little tweak to bring it back to perfection)

I have a gibson socket wrench, but that's clearly too big.

[Model 88]

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Both(sold one)of my soloists take a allen key to adjust the truss rod.Both are recently built , one in Jan 2003 and the other Nov 2002.The size of the allen key is 3/16 or .1875 . I also have a older Carvin a 1991 and it also take a allen key.The newer ones do not.

[toejam]

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Wow, interesting. Never knew they started doing that. Got a pic?

[Model 88]

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I will get you a pic if you want.It will have to be tommorrow night though I need [img]/images/graemlins/sleep.gif[/img] now .

[toejam]

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Cool, no prob. I need [img]/images/graemlins/sleep.gif[/img] right now, too.

[Number Of The Priest]

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Crapola, I totally forgot to take those pictures of my truss rod keys. [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] Will do tonight... you'll all need to help me identify what the heck they're called, because I just typically call them truss rod keys. [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[Newc]

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The PC-1 neck I have takes an allen wrench (I thought it was a regular nut type that had broken off [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img])

But it's a surprisingly weak pot-metal nut. I think I may have rounded it some. It sticks fine going one way, but is kinda "jumpy" going the other way.

Newc

[yabba]

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what size IS the socket on jacksons with a socket truss rod adjuster?

(I put my standard 11s tuned to Eb on the new rhoads and it needs just a little tweak to bring it back to perfection)

I have a gibson socket wrench, but that's clearly too big.

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can someone with the old socket style truss rod adjuster tell me what size socket wrench I need?

[LesPaulCustom]

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I'm pretty sure the size is 1/4" for the older socket style....that is what it is on my 88' Reverse-Head Soloist [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[Number Of The Priest]

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Okay, I took the picture. The thing on the very far right is what I use to adjust my Ibanez's bullet style truss rod. So, what's that thing called? Socket key or something? The key next to it is the 3/16ths inch key typically used for my other guitars, although I've been known to use a ball-ended hex wrench of the same diameter to adjust at weird angles.

[wulfe13]

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I believe the technical name for it is the "Truss rod socket key adjustment tool thingy". [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]