Fender Mustang truss rod adjuster access

[beely]

Hi.

Can anyone tell me the best way to get access to the truss rod adjuster on a Fender Mustang?
Would there be enough room to adjust it if I took off the scratch-plate?
I can see the top quarter of the screw but I can’t see if there is a routed space in the body that would allow access.

Or, would it just be easier to slacken the strings and take the neck off. Fewer screws I suppose.

I am getting a bit of fret-buzz. Not much but I’d like to get rid of it.
The neck is dead straight.
Am I right in thinking there should be a bit of relief and therefore I should slacken the truss rod off an eighth of a turn or so.

I have done this sort of thing before but never on a Fender.
Only on my Ric, which I believe is a very different animal.

Any info/advice would be appreciated.

Cheers.

[bertbass]

Does this help? http://support.fender.com/manuals/instruments/Mustang_Bass_(1966)_manual.pdf

[beely]

Hi.

It does actually.
Think I'll just remove the neck, or at least slacken it off.

Cheers.

[JapanAxe]

Somehow Bert's link has got mangled. Full link is:

[url="http://support.fender.com/manuals/instruments/Mustang_Bass_(1966)_manual.pdf"]http://support.fende...tang_Bass_(1966)_manual.pdf[/url]

Edited May 9, 2014 by JapanAxe

[beely]

Yeh, I got the 404 as well but I found it on the Fender website.

Cheers.

[brensabre79]

My Mustang is a '68 competition stripe blue, and doesn't have a recess in the body unfortunately, so any adjustment has to be done with the neck off!

[beely]

I'd sort of reached that conclusion.
Shouldn't be too hard (I hope).

Cheers.