Girard Guitars Augsburg Germany
G-BASS Owner Manual V1.0 2017
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Setting
To set the truss rod, remove the truss rod cover on the neck head.
Insert the correct size Allen wrench (4mm)
Turn counter-clockwise to loosen and clockwise to tighten.
Truss rod adjustments should only be performed by a qualified technician. Improperly
adjusting or over adjusting the truss rod can result in damage to the neck and truss rod itself
especially when not using adequate tools and is not covered by the Girard Guitars warranty.
Checking Neck Bow
Correct truss rod adjustment is determined by the amount of bow or
relief that is in the neck. To check the proper setting follow this simple instruction:
Do the same operation for each string:
1.
Press the string at the 12
th
fret.
2.
With the 12
th
fret pressed check that the string from the 1
st
to the 11 fret is laying on
the frets or a minimal distance from strings to fret is available (0,1 mm max).
a.
If too much and not constant space between string and frets are available
then the neck is concave and you need to tighten the Truss rod.
b.
If the string lays on some frets and have some distance to other frets then the
neck is convex then the Truss rod needs to be loosen.
3.
Un press at 12
th
fret and starting from 1
st
fret up to last fret play the strings.
4.
If each note is clear and no buzzing is to hear you have setted correctly the neck
tension. If not check again from point 2.
