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Hey guys. Just purchased a 45FP used, not a bad guitar for the price I paid, but would never recommend getting this guitar new. Anyways, the only problem is the action is WAY to high maybe 4-6 mm. Oddly, this guitar does not have an adjustable truss rod, even though cordoba claims to have an adjustable truss in EVERY guitar the make. This guitar is from 2006, is it possible that adjustable truss rods are something some what new for cordoba to be making?
Now the hard part: what should I do to lower the action? Sand the saddle? Sand the nut? Take it to a professional? I have done this a little myself in the past, but am by no means a pro.
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RE: Cordoba without a truss rod? (in reply to Gabewolf)
First let me just say truss rods are not used by serious spanish guitar makers. You may as well be like "hey where is the whammy bar and locking nut on this thing?".
To lower action adjust file the underneath part of the bone saddle at bridge, don't touch the nut. If you take it too low, you can shim it up.
RE: Cordoba without a truss rod? (in reply to Ricardo)
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ORIGINAL: Ricardo
First let me just say truss rods are not used by serious spanish guitar makers. You may as well be like "hey where is the whammy bar and locking nut on this thing?".
To lower action adjust file the underneath part of the bone saddle at bridge, don't touch the nut. If you take it too low, you can shim it up.
I am aware that quality Flamenco guitars don't have truss rods. I was just wondering why this cordoba did not have one when cordoba states that all of their guitars have truss rods.
Thanks for the info on the saddle! I will get to work on it right away! (while I'm at it, I can put a wammy in to get those sick Van Halen tones while playing picado runs)
RE: Cordoba without a truss rod? (in reply to Gabewolf)
I believe the 45FP was originally their take on a classic flamenco guitar. So it may not have had a truss rod in it. I owned one of the 45fm models very briefly a long time ago, but don't remember on the truss rod. As Ricardo said, classical/flamenco guitars don't often have one, and the truss rod is not for adjusting action anyway - but rather the relief (which changes very little with the tension range of nylon strings, compared to steel). Sand at bridge (the bottom of the saddle) to lower action. Sand it flat. Remove 2 mm, you go down 1 mm at 12th fret - so you can scale it that way.
RE: Cordoba without a truss rod? (in reply to Gabewolf)
I have a 2006 Cordoba Solista Flamenca. It is nothing similar to the newer models. Totally different dimensions and no trust rod. I think Córdoba redesigned their entire line in 2007 and kept some of the same model names although the guitars are substantially different.
RE: Cordoba without a truss rod? (in reply to Gabewolf)
Had to google "truss rod" and the only guitars in my collection that have one are my 12 string guitars :-).
As said by others lowering the action can be obtained by sanding/lowering the saddle. My father encountered a guitar once were despite maximum lowering of the bone saddle the action still remained to high so they had to lower the bridge and saddle channel as wel (which was quite a disaster).
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RE: Cordoba without a truss rod? (in reply to Gabewolf)
To lower the strings at the twelfth fret by 1 mm, you would have to lower the saddle by 2mm. If your measurements are correct the prognosis is not good.
Reyes recommended removing the back and resetting the angle ( very expensive). The alternative is to remove the frets and plane the fingerboard.
RE: Cordoba without a truss rod? (in reply to Gabewolf)
Thanks guys! This post is actually from a while ago and I have already lowered the action to my liking (it could go down a little more but I'm not gonna mess with it any further). But thanks anyways for all the suggestions!
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