BiC Posted October 26, 2003 Share Posted October 26, 2003 Would you buy a guitar without a truss rod? Why? Peace "Treat your wife with honor, respect, and understanding as you live together so that you can pray effectively as husband and wife." 1 Peter 3:7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gato Posted October 26, 2003 Share Posted October 26, 2003 No. Make non sense to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddynl Posted October 26, 2003 Share Posted October 26, 2003 Normally No, but I do have some without en no problem with any of them. 1. Rodriguez FF (flamengo guitar) 2. Alhamabra 5p (classical guitar) 3. Gretch model 35 (jazz guitar built 1935) Fred gigging favorites at the moment LP Special order 1973 and PRS custom 24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Posted October 26, 2003 Share Posted October 26, 2003 If the neck is made out of solid Rosewood or Pau Ferro (ironwood) you don't really need one. Also, low tension strings (gut strings) might not need one either. -David http://www.garageband.com/artist/MichaelangelosMuse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caevan O’Shite Posted October 26, 2003 Share Posted October 26, 2003 That would depend entirely on the guitar. I'm assuming that you mean adjustable truss rods. Some guitars that don't normally have them still have some type of re-inforceing material built into the neck, where you can't see them. A Classical/Flamenco style, a Graphite-Composite necked guitar, an original vintage guitar with no truss-rod that still plays well... if I liked that particular instrument, sure. A cheap-@$$ed axe that doesn't have one... probably not. Well, if it's real cheap, and innexpensive, and has some sort of appeal to me... maybe. In general, no. But that's a broad, sweeping statement... Ask yourself- What Would Ren and Stimpy Do? ~ Caevan James-Michael Miller-O'Shite ~ _ ___ _ Leprechaun, Esquire _ ___ _ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TieDyedDevil Posted October 26, 2003 Share Posted October 26, 2003 http://www.kritz.com/ Electric guitars w/o truss rods... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caevan O’Shite Posted October 26, 2003 Share Posted October 26, 2003 Originally posted by TieDyedDevil: http://www.kritz.com/ "Electric guitars w/o truss rods..."Holy Smokes!! What a funky-cool 'site! These guys are from Mars... no, wait, Belgium! Even better, Mars doesn't have Belgian beer... Seriously, everything about their guitars seems to be radically eccentric, in very cool ways! Thanks, TieDyedDevil! Ask yourself- What Would Ren and Stimpy Do? ~ Caevan James-Michael Miller-O'Shite ~ _ ___ _ Leprechaun, Esquire _ ___ _ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dak Lander Posted October 26, 2003 Share Posted October 26, 2003 That would depend entirely on how heavy the guitar is and the condition of my hernia at the time. Our Joint "When you come slam bang up against trouble, it never looks half as bad if you face up to it." The Duke... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Strat Posted October 27, 2003 Share Posted October 27, 2003 Sure, if it's a lap steel! BlueStrat a.k.a. "El Guapo" ...Better fuzz through science... http://geocities.com/teleman28056/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiRoller Posted October 27, 2003 Share Posted October 27, 2003 Somebody can probably answer this- Martin built acoustic guitars without a truss rod until sometime in the 1990's? My 1977 D18 dosen't have one. my band: Mission 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Strat Posted October 27, 2003 Share Posted October 27, 2003 Originally posted by HiRoller: Somebody can probably answer this- Martin built acoustic guitars without a truss rod until sometime in the 1990's? My 1977 D18 dosen't have one.I think that Martin used either a hollow square steel tube (3/8") or a "T" shaped piece of steel for support, so there is a truss rod, just not an adjustable one. I think all Martins have that, but I'm not sure how far back that goes. I'd guess it goes back to the 1800's? BlueStrat a.k.a. "El Guapo" ...Better fuzz through science... http://geocities.com/teleman28056/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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