Every guitar with a bolt on neck that I've taken apart has had a shim. I will be marrying a random strat neck I have with a random strat body I bought on line. How will I know if, when, and how much to shim it?
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How to know when to shim bolt on necks?
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Yeah, it is usually when you have the saddles bottomed out on your bridge (ie. as low as they will go), but the strings are still too high off the fretboard. Occasionally, there can be paint overspray buildup in the neck pocket that can be keeping the neck from settling all the way down in the neck slot. If so, removing that paint buildup may put the neck back where it should be without shimming.
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I seem to be one of the only fans of the Fender MicroTilt as implemented on the 90’s/00’s Deluxes. I got my Deluxe Plus just dialed in with it. Of course it had the locking Floyd Rose saddles so they weren’t individually adjustable, just the two post heights, so if they were slammed there was no additional adjustment available.
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Originally posted by PFDarkside View PostI seem to be one of the only fans of the Fender MicroTilt as implemented on the 90’s/00’s Deluxes. I got my Deluxe Plus just dialed in with it. Of course it had the locking Floyd Rose saddles so they weren’t individually adjustable, just the two post heights, so if they were slammed there was no additional adjustment available.
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During the 80's and 90's I did a lot of conversion jobs from the old 3 bolters to 4 bolters. Imagine my surprise when recently kids started bringing me 4 bolters to convert to 3 bolters (I refused).aka Chris Pile, formerly of Six String Fever
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Originally posted by ICTGoober View PostDuring the 80's and 90's I did a lot of conversion jobs from the old 3 bolters to 4 bolters. Imagine my surprise when recently kids started bringing me 4 bolters to convert to 3 bolters (I refused).Administrator of the SDUGF
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I always start by lowering the bridge or saddles as much as I can. If the strings still are too high off of the upper frets, then it needs a shim. I've always disliked neck shims, and I've removed them from every used guitar I bought. The setups were always exceptionally better without the shims. Except for a Squier 51 I bought & sold this year - I lowered the saddles until the tiny screws were poking my right hand, but the action was still too high. So I shimmed it.Turn me on, Dead Man.
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