Help me with adjusting my trussrod.
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theodie
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Re: Help me with adjusting my trussrod.
Congrats on getting it fixed. I was glad to help. About the intonation subject, It should be done with the open string followed by the fretted note on the 12th fret. No harmonics should ever be involved.
Congrats on getting it fixed. I was glad to help. About the intonation subject, It should be done with the open string followed by the fretted note on the 12th fret. No harmonics should ever be involved.
Gearjoneser
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Re: Help me with adjusting my trussrod.
It's possible that you have the action adjusted unrealistically low.
Basically, a guitar is setup right when
1 The nut is cut low enough that 1st and 2nd fretted notes don't bend slightly sharp.
2 If you fret the 1st fret and 14th, there's a gap between the 7th fret and string that is barely enough to slide a thin pick into.
3 The saddles conform to the radius of the neck and are set just above the point of major fret buzz.
4. The intonation is set so that every note on the fretboard reads dead center on a tuner. Any notes flat mean the saddle moves toward the neck. Any notes sharp means the saddle moves away from the neck. Forget the 12th fret rule....ALL notes need to be as close to dead center on the tuner as humanly possible.
It's possible that you have the action adjusted unrealistically low.
Basically, a guitar is setup right when
1 The nut is cut low enough that 1st and 2nd fretted notes don't bend slightly sharp.
2 If you fret the 1st fret and 14th, there's a gap between the 7th fret and string that is barely enough to slide a thin pick into.
3 The saddles conform to the radius of the neck and are set just above the point of major fret buzz.
4. The intonation is set so that every note on the fretboard reads dead center on a tuner. Any notes flat mean the saddle moves toward the neck. Any notes sharp means the saddle moves away from the neck. Forget the 12th fret rule....ALL notes need to be as close to dead center on the tuner as humanly possible.
dr.barlo
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Re: Help me with adjusting my trussrod.
Sure, but the thing is doing it for the 12th ensures the others are done as well, of course all the others variables (trustrod, saddle height, bridge height etc.) gotta be dean on.
By the way, I HATE screws with soft heads. The bridge I got from warmoth had them intonation screws with butter soft heads, so that the heads got washed off so quickly! :banghead: The same for the pickguard, and the neck joint screws! That's why I am getting all fender screws even for the pickguard.
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Gearjoneser said:
Sure, but the thing is doing it for the 12th ensures the others are done as well, of course all the others variables (trustrod, saddle height, bridge height etc.) gotta be dean on.
By the way, I HATE screws with soft heads. The bridge I got from warmoth had them intonation screws with butter soft heads, so that the heads got washed off so quickly! :banghead: The same for the pickguard, and the neck joint screws! That's why I am getting all fender screws even for the pickguard.
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Leather Rebel
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Re: Help me with adjusting my trussrod.
If the action is too high, you may be able to do a neck angle adjustment to improve the situation. That involves taking the neck off and shimming either the body side or headstock side of the neck joint to decrease or increase the neck angle. That is assuming that you have a bolt-on neck guitar. There are better instructions for doing this on the internet as well.ledzepp29 said:
