Feiten neck shim?

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I was looking through one of Dan Erlewine's books at a friend's place the other day and read a section that struck me as interesting. Buzz Feiten was explaining how he shims the necks on all his Fenders to have a slightly negative neck angle. He claimed this improves the bass response and makes the guitar more resonant as a whole.

I'm interested in trying this out, so has anyone else tried this? Also, Feiten said he used some absurdly thin piece of vinyl (I think it was .006") and since the vinyl I have is all around .8mm, any suggestions on what I should use? I was thinking maybe business cards...:scratchch
 
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I just use a strip of that cloth-backed sand paper, that seems to be pretty standard. I don't know much about it improving the bass response, but With most of my guitars it lets me set em up so the action is a bit more comfortable.
 
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krankguitarist said:
I just use a strip of that cloth-backed sand paper, that seems to be pretty standard. I don't know much about it improving the bass response, but With most of my guitars it lets me set em up so the action is a bit more comfortable.
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Same here. I used a neck shim to correct the angle of the neck in one of my guitars. I didn't notice any improvement in bass response and ressonance...
 
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I personally dont think a shim would make that much tonal difference. I think you are splitting hairs actually! For the tiny little bit of difference you may encounter, I dont think it would be even worth the trouble to do it!
 
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I woudn't shim in search of an improvement of tone any more than I would avoid shimming for fear of ruining tone. Does it make a difference? Probably. And it's probably a tiny difference. Nothing that I'd go out of my way for and nothing that I couldn't work around if the change were in a direction I didn't like.
 
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