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JohnJohn gave me GREAT advice last night but as usual, my jack of all trades assortment of tools let me down. I couldn't find a straight edge that was short enough to fit between the nut and bridge without hitting the pickup rings, and I wasn't going to remove all the strings and rings and everything etc... not yet.
Called the shop where I take my guitars (they put a new neck on SRV's strat when a monitor fell on it and they took care of Ace's amps so I guess they're pretty good!) and Good ol Bill guided me through the beginning of working the truss rod, until I got the hang of it. Here's the results.
The six string now plays and has super low action like a Gibson should. It plays like butter. It still has a slight buzz on the G string in a few spots but the intonation is now dead on.
The twelve didn't fare as well. Playing without an amp, it sounds real thin, almost banjo like unless the action is very high. Through the amp, it sounds very full except for some frets around the 10th and up. The low G string still goes sharp on the 4th fret, but not as bad as before. I'm going to put a heavier gauge string there and see if that helps. Some of it is the pressure. It looks like it has the beginnings of a corkscrew or warp on the first and second fret, but after the truss adjustment, it got a LOT better. I'm still taking it in on Monday to let them look at it, but this guitar had me feeling a lot better today.
The sound on the six is jaw dropping even with that lousy Dimarzio X2N in it. The pickup has great drive and distortion but no seperation or clarity at all. Granted it sounds WAY better than the one I had in my Les Paul for two days--pure mud--but still not as good as a Duncan pickup for what I play.
I'm thinking of dropping Antiquities (I have a pair already) in the twelve string and maybe a JB bridge/Jazz, 59 or Antiquity neck combo in the six. Am I right in assuming the JB will give that same face ripping drive but with better clarity? This is a thin guitar so I'm worried about bottom end which I like a lot of.
Thanks for letting me vent everyone. I needed it after this fiasco. And it's still not over!
Called the shop where I take my guitars (they put a new neck on SRV's strat when a monitor fell on it and they took care of Ace's amps so I guess they're pretty good!) and Good ol Bill guided me through the beginning of working the truss rod, until I got the hang of it. Here's the results.
The six string now plays and has super low action like a Gibson should. It plays like butter. It still has a slight buzz on the G string in a few spots but the intonation is now dead on.
The twelve didn't fare as well. Playing without an amp, it sounds real thin, almost banjo like unless the action is very high. Through the amp, it sounds very full except for some frets around the 10th and up. The low G string still goes sharp on the 4th fret, but not as bad as before. I'm going to put a heavier gauge string there and see if that helps. Some of it is the pressure. It looks like it has the beginnings of a corkscrew or warp on the first and second fret, but after the truss adjustment, it got a LOT better. I'm still taking it in on Monday to let them look at it, but this guitar had me feeling a lot better today.
The sound on the six is jaw dropping even with that lousy Dimarzio X2N in it. The pickup has great drive and distortion but no seperation or clarity at all. Granted it sounds WAY better than the one I had in my Les Paul for two days--pure mud--but still not as good as a Duncan pickup for what I play.
I'm thinking of dropping Antiquities (I have a pair already) in the twelve string and maybe a JB bridge/Jazz, 59 or Antiquity neck combo in the six. Am I right in assuming the JB will give that same face ripping drive but with better clarity? This is a thin guitar so I'm worried about bottom end which I like a lot of.
Thanks for letting me vent everyone. I needed it after this fiasco. And it's still not over!
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