Shimming a twisted neck on Foloyded Guitar so it plays alright?

[MetalManiac]

I have a Floyd Rose guitar that has a twisted neck- it's uniformly high on the low E side and low on the high E side. As -is, it only plays ok if the strings are jacked up way too high for creature comfort .

Frets are all great and level.

Anyone have experience with shimming the nut on such a neck on one side only so that it would play well?

 

[ehdwuld]

Re: Shimming a twisted neck on Foloyded Guitar so it plays alright?

jerry
I cant remember
is that one you had when I was last out?

if its uniform
couldnt you just shim the nut
or un shim the nut as it were

if its twisted then you should look down the neck and see the twist in it


but yeah
pop the neck off load shims on one side bolt her back up and see

 

[AlexR]

Re: Shimming a twisted neck on Foloyded Guitar so it plays alright?

Twisted usually means diagonal corners sit high/low.

Yours seems tilted - such that having the bridge not quite level across the guitar (perfectly possible if its floating like 99.9% of Floyds) could fix it.

 

[Clint 55]

Re: Shimming a twisted neck on Foloyded Guitar so it plays alright?

So your action is off right? Not the neck. All you have to do is file the nut slots that are high and super glue the ones that are too low and refile. Then adjust the rest of your action.

If your neck really is twisted you can only string one side of the guitar to straighten it out.

I don't like shimming either the nut or the neck because it sounds worse to me.