Re: making cheap guitars awesome
i would like to high-light the 7th point of the guide, since it doesn't only apply to cheap guitars, also to expensive bolt-ons since with time wood can dry and shrink, the 0 to 5° angle at the neck jonit is crucial, kramersteen can explain this, since well, he's a luthier he must know that
before shimming my v at the lowest action in the 12 fret was 4mm, and even the there was some fret buzz, while at the 22th fret the action was like 8mm (from top of fret to bottom of the string), after shimming with paper the action and intonation improved considerably, now at the 12 fret the action is 2.5mm on the low E and 2mm on the high E, at the 22 fret the action for the low E is 3mm and the high E is 2.5, the whole thing intonates better, before playing a 3 strings power chord in tune was a little hard, now more complex chords intonate, maybe not prefectly but good enough
i would like to high-light the 7th point of the guide, since it doesn't only apply to cheap guitars, also to expensive bolt-ons since with time wood can dry and shrink, the 0 to 5° angle at the neck jonit is crucial, kramersteen can explain this, since well, he's a luthier he must know that
before shimming my v at the lowest action in the 12 fret was 4mm, and even the there was some fret buzz, while at the 22th fret the action was like 8mm (from top of fret to bottom of the string), after shimming with paper the action and intonation improved considerably, now at the 12 fret the action is 2.5mm on the low E and 2mm on the high E, at the 22 fret the action for the low E is 3mm and the high E is 2.5, the whole thing intonates better, before playing a 3 strings power chord in tune was a little hard, now more complex chords intonate, maybe not prefectly but good enough
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