Truss rod suppliers

[Dave Sparrow]

I'm trying to find someone in the UK / Europe who can supply Martin style aluminium channel truss rods for short scale basses.  I need rods around 20 1/2" but can't find a UK supplier even for a full size rod that I could shorten.  The only supplier I can find is in Australia.

Any ideas please?

[Donald A. Fortune]

hi Dave -- try LMII,com or stewmac.com  you might find what you are looking fior on on of these sites- good luck--Donald

[Andrew]

LMII state on their truss rod pages that you can order truss rods in custom lengths - however the style rod you are after is supplied to them by Gotoh, so I have my doubts about getting custom lengths for that item. It would be worth asking them though, they might be able to point you in the right direction.

[Dave Sparrow]

Appreciate your replies Andrew and Donald but I'm looking for someone in the UK / Europe - shipping, duty and tax makes shipping from the USA prohibitive I'm afraid.

[Andrew]

Im in Canada so I know all about it lol. But for such a critical part it's worth it to me.

[Dave Sparrow]

Australia appears to be my best bet.  Perhaps I should go into production in the UK!

[Mario Cardenas]

I'm not sure if there's a luthier supplier in Europe. But there are lots of luthiers in germany and italy, so chances are there is a supplier.

On the other hand, there are places that sell metal for machinists. Plates, chunks, rods, and the like (mostly brass and aluminum). You could try that. Good luck with the search!

[Murray MacLeod]

When I needed a custom length dual-action truss rod for a 13 fret guitar, I ordered one from Mark Blanchard. 

http://www.blanchardguitars.com/guitarpages/truss_rods/truss_rods.html

His dual-action truss rods are far and away the best on the market ... light years ahead of the rest in terms of quality.

I make my own single-action compression rods these days, but If I ever needed another dual-action rod I would order it from Mark Blanchard in a heartbeat... expense be hanged .