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Permalink Reply by Dan Sleep on January 22, 2013 at 1:31pm

Yep, that is nasty all right. Never seen that before.

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Permalink Reply by herb Berwald WWW.CigarGuitar.com on January 22, 2013 at 1:52pm

I got worried when the question was what size is the allen nut?

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Permalink Reply by Dan Sleep on January 22, 2013 at 2:06pm

Yup. You just never know the skill level of people you provide guitars to. Usually it is just a broken string or two.

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Permalink Reply by ChickenboneJohn on January 22, 2013 at 8:33pm

What?  So were they trying to correct a bit of back-bow? Does your warranty say it doesn't cover the customer being a d*ckhead? Stil, it's a testament to the durability of the trussrod, at least it looks like the thread didn't strip.

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Permalink Reply by The Phrygian Kid on January 22, 2013 at 9:19pm

Wow. Wonder why they stopped cranking when they did .... :D
Um were they not winding WITH the string tension rather than against it...?

I've seen plenty of broken rods.. Sometimes the thread does strip, but sometimes the rod itself snaps and sometimes if its an old school single rod the anchor tears free at the other end. Any way at all it's a massive repair job or a write off. Usually people have the common sense to be turning the nut the right way..

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Permalink Reply by herb Berwald WWW.CigarGuitar.com on January 23, 2013 at 10:52pm

I am not sure why the excessive adjustment.  I just wanted it back to see what happened and to see if it can be repaired.  It will be fixed.  I might just keep it! 

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Permalink Reply by RTZGUITARS on January 24, 2013 at 7:28pm

Glue can only do so much. the truss rod must of worked.

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Permalink Reply by herb Berwald WWW.CigarGuitar.com on January 24, 2013 at 10:54pm

It worked for sure..The bent fingerboard was from the heat used to remove it.  I just had to see what was up.  I had to do it anyway as the nut was stripped.

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