Broken truss rod

impmann

A guitar of mine had been a sod to try to set up - the truss rod would tighten but it would not correct the backbow.

A couple of minutes ago there was a loud crack from the guitar (it was on a stand) and the rod has broken at the adjuster end (clean shear).

There is nothing left of the thread to grab hold of so I don’t believe I could get a recutter on there (it’s broken level with the metal washer inside the neck).

Anyone got any ideas how/if it could be fixed? It’s a Mexican Fender job so not a PoS.

Ta

https://i.imgur.com/FCPA5Lf.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/UgCdGZc.jpg

MrBump

Hm.. Truss rod went in my Charvel neck, and it just seemed so much easier to go the replacement neck route. 

Best thing I ever did, it improved the guitar massively.

There are probably cool ways of fixing it, but I suspect they'll be expensive.

poopot

Having just done this to a mates bass:

https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/154543/warwick-bass-truss-rod-piece-of-poo/p1

I can safely recommend buying a new neck!

ICBM

That's a very nasty problem.

As it's a one-piece neck/fingerboard, without cutting out the skunk stripe and the egg the only way to fix that is with the Stew Mac toolkit - but the thread die alone is over £130, so it will be cheaper to buy a new neck unless you're planning on doing this more often .

https://www.stewmac.com/Luthier_Tools/Tools_by_Job/Tools_for_Truss_Rods/StewMac_Truss_Rod_Rescue_Tools.html?utm_source=google&utm_medium=shopping&utm_campaign=2019-07-gp&pref_currency=P&shipcalc=UK&gclid=Cj0KCQjw3uboBRDCARIsAO2XcYDAFOj37rngzXkz5ISzP3kgd43yV26z0qkK7pVZjzWqqmHYqIHuCVIaAn3-EALw_wcB

I had the same thing happen on a vintage Les Paul Custom once, but luckily there was just enough thread left to get the nut back on to the right tension simply by deepening the recess for the D plate. No such luck here I don't think.

axisus

I'd go for self fix. Let me know if you are giving it away, daughter wants a guitar and I don't have a spare neck!

Normally I would remove the fretboard to fix (done it 3 times before, pain in the ass job but doable), but as there is no fretboard I would remove frets and attempt to shave down the fretboard until the truss rod cavity was exposed. I would drop a new one in then put a new fretboard on and fret it. A tad tricky but worth a shot!

impmann

Thanks for the input all.
The vendor has agreed to refund on the neck, so it has just been sent back.

Time to find a replacement... look out for the wanted ad...