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Heavy to thinner guage strings: truss rod adjustment needed?

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Guitar in question is a 28 inch scale Ibanez RGIB6.  I've recently changed the strings from 65 to 11 (or in that ballpark) to 59 to 13.  Everything seems fine but I can apprecate that the tension is different now.  Do I have to adjust the truss rod? Ill check back in a day or two but it doesnt seem like Im getting choking out or fret buzz (bar the kinda new string style you can get). 

Advice/thoughts welcome :+1: 
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  • mgawmgaw Frets: 5295
    Check the relief on your guitar.  Plenty of info on how to do that online
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  • ICBMICBM Frets: 72619
    If the relief isn't excessive, and it's not rattling or buzzing in the lower positions, you don't need to adjust it.

    You may not - if the heavy strings are lighter and vice versa the total tension may be about the same, or close enough.

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