Scott Ernest wrote:
greg wrote:
Thanks everyone for chiming in. Most likely a truss adjustment is what you nees.
What kind of Stick is it and does it have a Divided truss rod?
Grand Stick #1671, 34" Cocobollo, 12 string, no divided truss rod. I tried loosening the truss rod (pushing away) but after 3 or 4 turns the nut completely loosened so that I could spin it by hand.
So, the beauty of Emmett truss design is that it both pulls or pushes. If you have looosened the nut all the way and you still have an arch, then you can spin the nut all theway to the end of the threads and then apply tension to it to "push" out the arch.
This is covered at 5:20 in the video linked above.
Another possibility for your problem though, is that your string could be damaged. run your fingers along the string and see if you can feel a divot or bend in the string itself. If that happens, you will need to change the string.
Hope that helps.