The fretted string will create a straight line or plane.
Measure neck relief.
If you have two capos that s even better as you can keep both hands free.
Basically the neck relief is the curve along the full length of the neck.
Taking your instrument to a different environment may cause the neck relief to change and when you return home it will most likely follow suit.
Before you adjust the truss rod you need to assess the neck s current state.
Although there really isn t anything unduly difficult about most minor truss rod adjustments for our purposes.
7 25 9 5 12 15 17 relief 014 0 35 mm 012 0 3 mm 010 0 25 mm should you measure no relief at all or relief amounts in excess of those listed here you probably need to have the truss rod adjusted.
Measuring the amount of relief i e intentional fore bow to provide room for a vibrating string in a neck can be tricky.
I suggest using a light with a built in magnifier.
Neck relief clip begins at 07 11 humidity changes can throw a neck out of whack pretty quickly causing too much forward bow relief or back bow.
Adjusting your guitar s neck relief the amount of bow and resistance in the neck may sound like a scary proposition to the first timer but this task is something you can definitely do yourself if you take it slow and work in very small increments.
To measure neck relief you ll need a feeler gauge and a capo.
Place a capo on the first fret then use your finger to fret the e string uppermost string closest to where the neck deepens to join the body.