Charvels with no truss rod, how to adjust neck relief?

[titan7]

So how does one adjust relief on the neck of a Charvel with solid maple neck if there is no truss rod? Perhaps a dumb question, sorry.

[ralph]

They have a truss-rod, its just adjusted at the heel, so you have to take the neck off

[titan7]

Thanks, i just figured that out. Wow, how hard is this to do? I have done truss rod adjustments on my Model series and other charvels (pointy stocks) but never had to take the neck off? How so I have to take strings and everything off? Wow, they just put way too much relief in this at the factory, my older charvel necks are dead on flat.

[84sups]

Yeah neck heal adjustment is a pain. I have an old Tokai strat that adjusts that way and I hate it. If it isn't right you have to take it apart again and adjust. You can rout a little bit of the body away so you can get to it but it looks like crap imho.

[straycat]

Just loosen the strings a bit so the string tension is slack and take the neck bolts loose about 1/2 way slide the neck up and adj the truss rod.
By the way block the trem before loosening the strings.

[titan7]

I am just concerned with screwing up the heads of the neck screws, also these are not pressed in correct, so the body paint wont chip?

[straycat]

I am just concerned with screwing up the heads of the neck screws, also these are not pressed in correct, so the body paint wont chip?

Use the correct sized screwdriver.No they are not pressed in they are screwed in.
Be careful and you won't chip any paint.They don't have to screwed back in with an impact wrench just snug them up and all will be fine.

[tonemonster]

thats why I wont own one. its the principal. the idea of taking the neck off to adjust the truss rod pisses me off. I mean I know they wanted it to be "vintage" all the way, but come on.......a little conveinence wouldnt have hurt.

[zenzab]

I own a CX 290 for 3 weeks now,didn't achieve to set it up right because of this... It's a bloody mess to have to remove the neck then waiting for 1 or 2 days to see if it's tighten enough or not. I must say it's the first one I have with heel adjustment (except a Shergold, back in the days, but there was an extra neck plate for... ) and I really like the Model Series for making it easily ... This said, my pal uses several All Parts necks (they all got heel adjustement) and always tells me it's better for tone and sustain ...

[LouSiffer]

That is why I love my Warmoth neck with adjustment on the side of the heel.-Lou

[Axegrinder87]

Charvel was pioneering and innovative. Heel adjustments should have been tossed immediately. What kind of "hot rod" guitar has that bullshit? That's like having to pull the engine just to rejet the Webers...

[MakeAJazzNoiseHere]

thats why I wont own one. its the principal. the idea of taking the neck off to adjust the truss rod pisses me off. I mean I know they wanted it to be "vintage" all the way, but come on.......a little conveinence wouldnt have hurt.

Charvel was pioneering and innovative. Heel adjustments should have been tossed immediately. What kind of "hot rod" guitar has that bullshit? That's like having to pull the engine just to rejet the Webers...

Yeah, I agree. Some guys can deal with it, I just think about the inevitable paint chips around the neck pocket and/or how much more time I could have spent playing the guitar instead of playing with the truss rod.

It's not like the haven't built a head-adjust Strat-head neck with a Floyd nut or anything.

[hibby hippy]

I wonder why they never used the wheel adjuster like on some of the custom shop guitars.Can it be something that could be done to the pro mods as a modification?

[tonemonster]

excellent idea.

[Axewielder]

They don't have to screwed back in with an impact wrench just snug them up and all will be fine.

Jesus NOW you tell me. Can we make this sticky for chrissake??