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Dan Erlewine ArticleRepair and Restoration

A Fender Bass Truss Rod That Just Spins

Rodrigo Gomes pulls a dead truss rod out of a Fender bass, coves a new fretboard to fit the neck, and refrets it — in Dan's shop, 2017. Out with the old rod A new fretboard, coved to fit Routing the c…

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Dan Erlewine ArticleRepair and Restoration

Jun 22, 2026

A Cowboy's Dream (Gretsch Roundup, Pt. 1)

Part one of a 1955 Gretsch Roundup restoration — a played-to-death cowboy guitar with a loose, up-bowed neck and a truss rod frozen solid. Reprinted with permission from Vintage Guitar Magazine. Origi…

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Dan Erlewine ArticleRepair and Restoration

Apr 21, 2026

Dan Erlewine - Fretboard Radius Change

Stepping down a half-dozen Strat and Tele necks from 7¼" to 9.5" — with no fretboard to hide behind. In 2018/2019 we made a half-dozen Strat and Tele necks from what, to me, was special wood: some ver…

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Jan 8, 2025

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The Gurian Pinned Neck Joint Neck Reset

Dan Erlewine ArticleRepair and Restoration

Mar 7, 2024

'68 Jazz Bass Truss Rod Reclamation

This '68 Jazz Bass neck had some neck adjustment issues along the way, and after a fair amount of confusing work to adjust it or something that I don't quite understand, ended up in my shop to see if …

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