What would a Stonebridge's truss rod key look like?

[Linus Fisher]

There was I'm fairly sure the right key for my Stonebridge gs-20-cm in a
bag that came with the guitar. After three months of not touching the
clearance I thought it needed it but the slot looks strange. Do they not
take 'hex'/'Allen' keys? What among all my guitar bits would I be
looking for otherwise, would anyone here know? I think I've usually used
hex keys between 3 1/2 mm and 5mm but this looks like it wants something
pretty tiny.

Furch recommends 0.3mm-.50mm which seems more than usual so I'm not keen
to overdo it and haven't currently seen any shift with the seasonal
change but it still seems a bit visible compared to my other guitars
which have a few hairs' clearance (3rd string, seventh fret roughly).

Thanks.

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[David L. Martel]

Linus,

Why don't you e-mail them...@stonebridgeguitars.com ? You can Google
many sites with good instruction on how to adjusting the truss rod. I bet
it's an allen wrench.
If this is a 3 mo. old guitar it may benefit from a professional set up.

Dave M.

[Linus Fisher]

Yep I emailed them first but got impatient with the holiday
period/weekend so I thought bI'd try here.

[David L. Martel]

Linus,

I'm no expert but most of my guitars adjust with a hex nut. Loosen the
strings and take a careful look at your truss rod. It shouldn't be hard to
figure out. I doubt that it will be an allen wrench smaller than 3mm.
Furch's factory is Czech, so the adjustor will be metric, most likely.

Dave M.

[Linus Fisher]

thanks. Yes I've only come across the same hex key approach so far but I
did see on the Stew Mac site a tool where it seems the end is female
implying a design of truss rod that has a male hex end, so maybe this is
what the Stonebridge has. It may be I'll just need to wait for the Furch
fella to get back to me. He seemed helpful enough last time I dealt with
him and with ample English.

[Linus Fisher]

In case this is later read for information by someone in the same boat,
this issue is now solved. Basically the piece of wood in front of the
truss rod slot was either not quite accurately placed or the hole was
not big enough - it certainly is a minimal hole. The truss rod slot
which thankfully turns out after all is for a standard hex/Allen key
with a 3 or maybe 4mm diameter end had not quite been accessible. With a
small gentle bit of twiddling with a file and then a bit of fine
sandpaper to clear up everything is fine, although the rod is stiffer
than I'm comfortable with. It's a shame this slot in the wood wasn't
checked before the guitar left the factory but anyway, anxiety over.