first build flying v

[FrankenWashie]

DUUUUUUUUUDE!! That CRANKS! Great result mate, you'd have to be happy with that first up. Not only does it look nice and clean but it punches hard too. Great Job!

[wazkelly]

Looks great, sounds great, what more could you ask for. Well done.

[brokin009]

thanks guy. i thought it sounded good but hearing you guys say the same makes it even better.
thanks everyone one again for all your help. a bunch of legends on here and i cant wait to try another.

[andrewdosborne]

Looks great, sounds great, what more could you ask for. Well done.

As Waz said!


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[brokin009]

Hey Guys, i just had a look at my Flying V, the neck actually sits high above the body about 5mm where the neck ends and is 4mm where the body meets the neck. is that normal for these kits? i looked at my prs and there is no gap at all it is flush to the body. has anyone had this before?


do i shave it down? or is this normal for a bolt on neck?

[FrankenWashie]

Hi Brokin, that looks perfectly normal, unless it's causing you issues with playing or action height i wouldn't touch it. Your PRS will be a slightly different set up, so probably not a good comparison.

[brokin009]

im not sure if this is important but i do have to have the action pretty high not like my other guitars. also i checked it against a ruler that sat flat against the body and it definately isn't flat against the body as you can see with the photos. is it ok? i do get a buzzing of the strings around the 12th fret not through the amp, just if you play the guitar by itself.

[wazkelly]

Looks like you need to check the neck to see how flat it is when strings have been tuned up to pitch. I would suggest it has a bit of front bow where the gap under strings will be higher around middle of the neck. If so, loosen off the strings a little bit and when looking from headstock down to the body turn the trussrod 1/4 turn clockwise. Tension up, re-tune and check height. I have a 1m metal ruler that makes things easier as you can place it near the nut and also at end of the fretboard where that joins the body to help see where things are at. Keep repeating 1/4 turns at a time until it is pretty flat.

Next thing to check is action at 1st fret and suggest using a capo on 2nd or 3rd fret and see how much space there is between top of 1st fret and the underside of the string. Generally there should not be much more than the width of a business card or slightly less. If the space is more then it would appear that nut needs some work and generally easier to sand or file the bottom rather than hack in the string slots from above as that requires special nut files to do a proper job.

Once you have sorted these 2 parts time to re-tune and check action at 12th fret. If it looks higher than a couple of mm time to gradually lower the bridge and remember to re-tune up to pitch after each and every adjustment. Once you have got bridge height close to where you think it should be, time to play every note on every string to check for any buzzing which will highlight low or high frets. Hopefully there are none and also no buzzing strings anywhere. If so, time to move on to intonation which is adjusting the string length so that open, fretted at 12th, and 12th harmonic all read the same on an electronic tuner. Plenty of info on the internet about doing intonation but it is very simple once you identify whether to lengthen or shorten the string length to be in tune open/12th fret/12th harmonic.

That should keep you occupied for a couple of hours but well worth it once everything has been properly set up.

Cheers, Waz

[brokin009]

thanks Waz, the neck was bowed as you said. i did the adjustments which worked out well, thank you heaps.for your help. unfortunately it still buzzes on the 12th fret. i honestly think its the neck its angleing downward at the head of the neck. i have played with the action and i still have to have it high to stop the buzzing. i might have to look at the neck fitment to see if i could flatten it out somehow.
i checked the height from where the neck ends in the body to where the bridge is. i used a strait edge and i found its 5mm higher at the bridge then where the neck ends.
i dont know if that's normal but i think that's a bit much as i thought the neck would have to be pretty flush to the body. but i could be wrong

[brokin009]

ok i was able to level out the neck a bit more to the body. which is awesome and now i was able to lower the action and how much the pickups stood out (they were pretty much maxed out to there highest level). im really happy with the result and it looks alot better now.

you can see how much lower the bridge pickup is from the previous pick to this one.