Phantasmagoria
watch where you point that sabre
Wow. Don't see how that couldn't be causing a problem...
Pesky treble strings fret buzz
- Thread starter Napthol
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I have my necks set up at a relief of 1/1000 inch. That's 0.02 millimeters. That's 10x tighter than a PRS (They have 0.2mm), or Fender, Gibson, etc for that matter. My pick attack is extremely soft. I never hit hard and I hate to 'work' on my guitar. My action is 0.7mm on the 22nd fret high E and 1.1mm on the low E.
millimeters are easier pal. By a billion times or so.
1 meter is 100cm is 1000mm. See how easy that is? You don't need those idiotic fractions. 1/64 inch is...what? No idea. No idea how that relates. Break it up in segments of ten. Easy peasy.
Oh and the best part? Works with every other measurement as well. 1 liter = 100cl = 1000ml. :nana:
I grew up in the good old USA with its stupid SAE measurements (inches, feet, yards, miles, cups, quarts, gallons, etc.). Metric is much, no MUCH, easier to learn and use. Put your head back in your xxx.
Grow up and learn how to think like a man.
No. I won't. Your first amendment allows me to say the 'Murican measurement system s*cks d0nk*y d!ck. It is not easier, it does make less sense, and if you cling to it because of chauvinistic reasons, I suppose you'll have lobotomized yourself. I see no other explanation.
Oh, and don't confuse 'North America' with the United States of America. Mexico and Canada also inhibit that part of the world and they use the sensible system. You're on your own. The WHOLE world, from Russia to the Netherlands and from North Korea and Iran to Tuvalu uses metric. If of 195 countries just 3 do not use metric, don't you think you might be the problem? Of course not. American exceptionalism at full swing.
Especially for measuring action. I cringe when I see guys in Les Paul or Tele forums all talking about 3/64th and 4/64th action. There is a pretty big gulf between 3/64th (1.2mm) and 4/64th (1.5mm).
In construction and carpentry the imperial system has some advantages.
What advantages?!
I worked in construction most of my life and was always frustrated with feet and inches!
So, are you going to tell me what advantages there are to the imperial system over metric?
GuitarStv
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I think it's mostly just momentum . . . stuff like 2x4s are tooled to me made to that round number size. Of course a 2x4 is actually 1.75 x 3.5 so that argument kinda falls apart upon closer inspection. : P
No they do tend to have un-even relief naturally. The total tension of the wounds is generally higher than that of the plains, so there is indeed a very common ever-so-slight twist.
I wasn't saying the .3mm and .7mm should be your treble and bass sides, I was saying that those are the generally recommended least and most for neck reliefs. You will commonly have .1 or .2mm difference between bass and treble side naturally.
I suggest using Ibanez's recommended settings for these things. They work perfectly for the average player. With relief set correctly their action settings are 1.5 and 2.0mm at the 14th fret if using 9-42 strings set to E-standard,,,,,,,,,,then from there you adjust if using larger strings or different tension profiles.
You don't need feeler gauges for mm. You already have guitar picks that come in mm measurements. Don't slide them in to find the measurement. Just hold them up and compare their thickness to the relief gap.
They're 1 5/8" thick
GuitarStv
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I think you mean 41.2 mm. : P
