Adjusting your truss rod might feel like a tall order the first time you attempt it, but with a little background knowledge and guidance it;'s an easily achievable piece of DIY guitar maintenance.

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We’re going to take the process in manageable stages to cover string changes, fretboard and fret cleaning, guitar body cleaning, truss rod adjustment, string height and intonation, plus pickup height.

It's unbelievable to me now but for the first few years I played guitar, I had absolutely no idea what a truss rod was – let ...