So, you know how some people say wiggling the neck on a #guitar isn't a great thing because "you'll damage the neck" and other people say "It'll be fine!
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So, you know how some people say wiggling the neck on a #guitar isn't a great thing because "you'll damage the neck" and other people say "It'll be fine! It's got a truss rod! I've been doing it on my Telecaster for [(insert number of decades > 1) * 10] years without a problem!"
Friends: I have, at long last, finally done some very minor damage to a neck by wiggling it around. It didn't crack, bow, or twist. Instead, the 16th fret popped out a little.
So I tapped it back in with a rubber mallet. And that is the most significant maintenance I've had to do on the guitar since initally setting it up in 2014 and wiggling the neck vigorously ever since.
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So, you know how some people say wiggling the neck on a #guitar isn't a great thing because "you'll damage the neck" and other people say "It'll be fine! It's got a truss rod! I've been doing it on my Telecaster for [(insert number of decades > 1) * 10] years without a problem!"
Friends: I have, at long last, finally done some very minor damage to a neck by wiggling it around. It didn't crack, bow, or twist. Instead, the 16th fret popped out a little.
So I tapped it back in with a rubber mallet. And that is the most significant maintenance I've had to do on the guitar since initally setting it up in 2014 and wiggling the neck vigorously ever since.
@geoffduncan whatever you do, don't wiggle the strings around for gods sake!! those things are sooo fragile!! you'll break them!!
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So, you know how some people say wiggling the neck on a #guitar isn't a great thing because "you'll damage the neck" and other people say "It'll be fine! It's got a truss rod! I've been doing it on my Telecaster for [(insert number of decades > 1) * 10] years without a problem!"
Friends: I have, at long last, finally done some very minor damage to a neck by wiggling it around. It didn't crack, bow, or twist. Instead, the 16th fret popped out a little.
So I tapped it back in with a rubber mallet. And that is the most significant maintenance I've had to do on the guitar since initally setting it up in 2014 and wiggling the neck vigorously ever since.
@geoffduncan So your new blues name is Geoff 'Wiggle Necks' Duncan? It's gotta ring to it.
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@geoffduncan So your new blues name is Geoff 'Wiggle Necks' Duncan? It's gotta ring to it.
@Nead I admit I like it better than the names people usually call me…
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@chopsstephens
Much the same here, except in recent years I’ve become a Bigsby convert as well. I’ve done lots of minor damage to instruments, but this time it was definitely the neck wiggle; did the wiggle, heard a little tick near the upper fingerboard, and then the 15th fret was buzzing out on three strings. Two gentle taps, heard another tick, and it’s fine now.I imagine it will come loose again; at that point I’ll probably take the strings off, glue it In properly, and do a full fret dress. It’s all a little silly on this guitar—it’s low-mid-range—but I like it.
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@spaceraser
Agreed. Except string tension is pretty constant, while “wiggles” are a bit more chaotic. Apparently enough to coax a fret to tick up a fraction of a millimeter on a cheap guitar!Or, wiggles with a decade or seasonal temperature and humidity changes.
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