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.

While a lot of truss rod nuts for acoustic and electric guitars use a hex (allen) key for adjustment, Gibson electrics and Taylor acoustics use a nut wrench. The MusicNomad kit I'm using contains ...

Some adjustments can be done by a beginner, but others require expertise or special equipment—or both. Truss rod: The truss rod affects the guitar’s string height, or “action.” If the ...

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 alone how to adjust it. Blame it on being self-taught and knowing few other ...