Hi All,
I'm currently experimenting with different tunings - and just wanted to check advice on possible truss-rod adjustments -
I have been using E standard with 10-46 strings - which gave an approx tension of 97.6lbs on the neck.
I've re-strung with 12-54's in C# standard - which is coming up as 103.9lb.
So, overall difference is an extra 6.3lb - do you think I need to make any truss-rod adjustments? I'm not sure if I'm going to keep the guitar in this tuning as it's only been re-strung for 24 hours. I like a higher action - so both treble and bass side strings are 2mm @ 12th fret.
Checking the neck relief today with capo @ 1st fret and holding down on the 16th where the neck meets the body gives a good neck relief @ 7th and 8th frets - (under a business card thickness) and no buzzing. Eye-balling the neck doesn't show a visible bow - and neck was almost straight in E.
So, hoping extra tension is minimal - and I can evaluate the tuning for a few weeks - and do my axe no harm??
Many thanks,
-Tonerider