Two Quick Questions

Zapp Brannigan

First one; When you adust the truss road of a guitar I know you have to do it little bit and let the neck rest for a few hours. But during that rest time can you play the bass or must you leave it?

Second one; Thinking of restringing my fretless to a high c tuning. I really don't use the B string enough to warrant it being there but because I'm playing in a jazz trio I'm taking solos so it might be worth going for the higher string. Will I have to adjust the nut on the bass or will it be grand just stringing it up with a new set E-C?

Rigsby

Can only advise on the 1st question.
There is no need to touch the truss rod unless you are having problems with fret buzz, changing the action, or changing string brand or tension. If you are adjusting the truss rod, a quarter turn at a time is usually enough. IMO it's best to leave it untouched overnight after adjusting and check again in the morning.

There are stickys here on the forum covering this. If you havn't done this before I'd advise you to read them.

Hope that was some help.

david

Only adjust truss to change the actual neck relief, saddles are adjustable to change the action...

Doctor J

1. Play away. It will do no harm. I've never left a truss rod settle overnight, that I can recall. Never. Set it and play it to make sure you are happy with the adjustment, otherwise you could be adjusting for weeks if you leave it overnight every time you make a wee adjustment Just check the setting of the neck a day or two after to make sure it has settled the way you adjusted it to be.

2. It should be grand but it all depends on the cut of the nut. Basically, you're going to have string slots that are a fair bit wider than the string, but it should be alright if they're not too flat at the bottom of the cut. It's down to your nut though.

Regarding the quarter turn thing... it's a quarter turn at a time. There are plenty of occasions where you'll need to make a couple or more quarter turns to achieve the desired neck setting. Again, you could be there for weeks if you did a quarter turn, waited until the next day, did another quarter turn, waited until the next day... etc.

Zapp Brannigan

Good stuff must get a pack of Warwick strings (only brand I've seen that does an E-C set) and give them a lash.

Truss rod question was merely an afterthought.

Thanks guys.