Jackson DK Custom Shop Green Ghost Flames with stripped truss rod

[Andy Eagle]

to clarify, I clamped the neck straight and adjusted the truss (which was no longer seized). you're correct, my approach is useless if the truss rod itself is broken.

We need more information.

 

[PBGas]

Listen...before you ship it out....If you want it fixed the right way, send it over to Fred Gabrsek in Niagara on the Lake. Freddy's Frets is amazing. He does all the repairs for Alex Lifeson's guitars.

Let him have a look at it first....His work is impeccable. I won't take my guitars anywhere else.

http://www.freddysfrets.com

Call him!

 

[Alek]

We need more information

IT is stripped 100%. Why "reputable" Toronto guitar service shops avoid trying to fix - not absolutely sure. It must be that truss rod is broken

 

[Alek]

Listen...before you ship it out....If you want it fixed the right way, send it over to Fred Gabrsek in Niagara on the Lake. Freddy's Frets is amazing. He does all the repairs for Alex Lifeson's guitars.

Let him have a look at it first....His work is impeccable. I won't take my guitars anywhere else.

http://www.freddysfrets.com

Call him!

I just sent him an email as it is Sunday and tomorrow is statutory holiday here... I do not want to call people like that to start of on a wrong foot.... I will wait for Tuesday to make the phone call.

 

[scottp]

Following...

 

[Andy Eagle]

IT is stripped 100%. Why "reputable" Toronto guitar service shops avoid trying to fix - not absolutely sure. It must be that truss rod is broken

Nut or the rod stripped? Broken? is the rod loose in the neck? does the rod rotate? is the anchor no longer fixed? All these answers can lead to very different fixes, some easy some not so.

 

[Alek]

Nut or the rod stripped? Broken? is the rod loose in the neck? does the rod rotate? is the anchor no longer fixed? All these answers can lead to very different fixes, some easy some not so.

They say: stripped and the rod won't rotate (I did not go further into details as I am not sure if the rod is not rotating because it is stripped or it really does not move). I got so disappointed and angry (but I kept angriness inside of me) as these guys claim so many different guitar repairing skills on their websites.

 

[Andy Eagle]

Stripped rod is not won't rotate. They mean the nut is stripped and can't be rotated . If this is the case you need to get a tool that can unscrew it and see if the rod is intact (only if it is a single rod.) You won't be able to remove it if it is a two way rod though. Then you are in to a big job.

 

[aervin]

@Alek any pictures you can share of the neck?

 

[Randy4Guitars]

Whichever way you go I hope this works out for you. That's a cool guitar,

 

[Alek]

Whichever way you go I hope this works out for you. That's a cool guitar,

I shipped it out to Freddy from Freddy's Frets. I will let you know how it goes. He sounds like a nice guy

 

[Alek]

@Alek any pictures you can share of the neck?

I may not have the best pictures now... Guitar is on they to the service shop, but I have these pictures. They are not really helpful.

 

[Alek]

Stripped rod is not won't rotate. They mean the nut is stripped and can't be rotated . If this is the case you need to get a tool that can unscrew it and see if the rod is intact (only if it is a single rod.) You won't be able to remove it if it is a two way rod though. Then you are in to a big job.

I will hear the details soon. I hope that it won't get to the big job... but it probably will.

 

[MojoBodies]

Good Luck!!!

 

[PBGas]

I shipped it out to Freddy from Freddy's Frets. I will let you know how it goes. He sounds like a nice guy

Great to hear! His work is impeccable. He builds some beautiful guitars as well!
Truth be told, I sent a friend to him with a Les Paul which had a similar truss rod issue as you. The problem is my friend cranked it way too much and ended up cracking the back of the neck between the 3rd and 7th frets. Not a huge crack but Fred repaired it and I could not believe it was even repaired. Completely invisible.

He has done quite a bit of stainless work for me and some routing on several of my guitars and the work was amazing.

Yes...a bit pricey but completely worth it. I'm going to have him put stainless on my PRS's once I wear them down a bit more.

Your Jackson is a beautiful guitar, BTW!

 

[Alek]

Hi guys. Freddy completed the fix. And.... It looks amazing! He really is one of the best luthiers. Wow.

 

[Morphine]

Glad it worked out in the end!

 

[Alek]

Glad it worked out in the end!

Yes. It was complicated to fix, too. They (Jackson) originally used some sort of epoxy glue to put fretboard and neck together... So regular heating method of removing fretboard to replace it, did not work. But Freddy is the guy. And it sounds and looks great! I am happy as a small kid now. . I still hate the guy that sold me the guitar with destroyed truss rod. I just don't understand how someone can do something like that and then deny it later. But anyway, the guitar rocks again.

 

[TSJMajesty]

That's a gorgeous fret board! Do you just get used to not having markers on top? (Or do you know the wood grain well enough? lol)

 

[Alek]

That's a gorgeous fret board! Do you just get used to not having markers on top? (Or do you know the wood grain well enough? lol)

. This is good enough. It would be a shame to put anything else on such beatful fretboard. Pictures I take are bad, too. It looks even better "live" lol.