Fender American Deluxe 2010 Telecaster Truss Rod Rattle [Archive]

bingefeller

May 12th, 2011, 06:57 PM

Hi guys,

I have a 2010 Fender American Telecaster Deluxe and today, for some odd reason, I could hear a rattle coming from the top of the neck. I narrowed it down to a loose truss rod (the truss rod adjustment hole on this guitar is located at the nut). I tightened up the truss rod every so slightly until I could hear no more rattle and everything was great!

However, now my low E and A strings are buzzing and I have very little relief on the neck! I tried to add more relief by loosening the truss rod but, the rattle came back! When I say buzzing, I can't seem to detect it through the amp but there is a degree of acoustic buzz which I didn't quite notice before.

Any ideas of what I can do to remedy the problem? Can the truss rod be loosened so that it picks up tension?

I have my action set at how I like it so raising it is not an option for me.


	Telecaster Guitar Forum > Main Telecaster Forum > Tele-Technical > Fender American Deluxe 2010 Telecaster Truss Rod Rattle PDA Fender American Deluxe 2010 Telecaster Truss Rod Rattle bingefeller May 12th, 2011, 06:57 PM Hi guys, I have a 2010 Fender American Telecaster Deluxe and today, for some odd reason, I could hear a rattle coming from the top of the neck. I narrowed it down to a loose truss rod (the truss rod adjustment hole on this guitar is located at the nut). I tightened up the truss rod every so slightly until I could hear no more rattle and everything was great! However, now my low E and A strings are buzzing and I have very little relief on the neck! I tried to add more relief by loosening the truss rod but, the rattle came back! When I say buzzing, I can't seem to detect it through the amp but there is a degree of acoustic buzz which I didn't quite notice before. Any ideas of what I can do to remedy the problem? Can the truss rod be loosened so that it picks up tension? I have my action set at how I like it so raising it is not an option for me.