Coop47, any updates on your neck rattle?
Seller wants me take it to an authorized Guild repair and is supposed to get back to me with one today. (Seller is not local.) If one's close by, I'll take it there. If not, I'll return send it back.
Coop47, any updates on your neck rattle?
Hey Buddha a belated welcome aboard! Great observation never heard about that dual action rod "thing".I have experienced a double action truss rod rattle before. The rattle happened to me when the truss rod nut was in a position where the nut was not putting pressure on the truss rod in either direction allowing the truss rod to rattle around in the channel of the neck. This happened to me when a new to me guitar settled into the environment at my home. My thought at the time was the temperature and humidity in my home was much different from the environment the guitar came from. The rattle stopped after tension was applied to the truss rod adjustment nut.
I think the selling shop will correct this for you in a matter of minutes.
He's saying the right thing when it comes to warranty eligibility, for sure.Seller wants me take it to an authorized Guild repair and is supposed to get back to me with one today. (Seller is not local.) If one's close by, I'll take it there. If not, I'll return send it back.
I'll be darned, I thought they were still using dual action as standard, but now appears it may vary by model, wonder if it's associated with trim level or the neck itself?You may be thinking of the older 12 strings with two truss rods. My 1990 JF30-12 has two truss rods. My new Oxnard F512 has one double-action truss rod. I don't know if all of the Oxnard Guilds are double-action truss rods. Someone will chime in and let us know about the other Oxnard Guilds.
Update: the Guild website lists the F40 as having a single action truss rod.
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Loosen the strings and make sure the saddle is in correctly. Also, make sure the ball ends of your strings are correctly locked in place by the bridge pins. You said this happened after a string change? Almost certainly something is loose or not correctly re-seated. My bet is the ball ends of the strings.
I'll be darned, I thought they were still using dual action as standard, but now appears it may vary by model, wonder if it's associated with trim level or the neck itself?
Assuming that spec is accurate, that is, as we have seen errors on the spec pages.
In fact, the F55 shows a dual-action rod for example and the (Oxnard) F40's the same body size (a favorite gripe of mine) and one would presume similar neck build/attachment, but maybe not?
Could it depend on whether it's one of the true dovetail neck joint models? (They also make mortice-and-tenon neckjoints)
Aha!!: the F40 Traditional has the dovetail neckjoint and a dual action rod.
Speaking of the notorious undocumented running production switchover to single-rod 12 string necks in Tacoma, how's the F512?Good luck, coop! Hey, definitely try tightening the TR if that's what you think it is. Go easy on it though. Try at most 1/4 turn at a time to see if it hooks up or not.
Completely understandable, still, you made me look because if there's one thing I've learned over the years, there's always little "gotchas" with Guild, so now I know to look for 'em.Ah -that makes sense. I was going off the Guild site as well, but only checked under the F40.