You could also have an issue with your neck angle at the pocket. It may be too shallow. That's the sort of thing you can fix with shims.
You could also have an issue with your neck angle at the pocket. It may be too shallow. That's the sort of thing you can fix with shims.
Hi giacomo.
Can you post a picture of the neck relief? It could be the neck, or the truss rod, or the height of the bridge, or all of them.
Hopefully, the truss rod can still be adjusted, or the neck tilted in the pocket with a bit of sanding! With a bolt-on neck there are a few options available.
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The little voices in my head keep telling me "build more guitars"
So I unscrewed the neck, sanded a bit the lower back part that touches the body and mounted all again, after a few days it got better, the neck settled a bit more and now there is a small buzz only in the first and second fret in low A and D strings but you can't hear it when you plug it to the amp - here some pics:
Truss-rod is still untight almost to the limit, if I push the first and last fret to check the neck relief the low E string touches the frets until the 6/7th fret after there is less than a mm of room, I think I'll leave it like that by now, looks like it works and it's playable, I am afraid of doing some damage.
I also rised the pickup a bit with some small cardboard shims in the right side (high strings side) because the volume was too low.
Last edited by giacomo; 22-05-2023 at 05:03 AM.
If you're happy with it, except for the buzz on the A and the D strings, you might try just lowering the frets a hair just under those strings. I use a fret dressing stick for this:
This tool is cheap on Ebay or Amazon...even at StewMac it's under $9 US. Good for just sanding down small parts of a fret.
If you are not happy with the way the guitar plays...you might want to check if your frets are level. They usually need some work from the shop so if you have not done a fret leveling and crowning you might want to. You can check the fret level with one of these to see if any frets are standing a little proud.
You can get these under $8 US on Amazon if you don't have one.
After some days the low E string still touches a few frets if I push it in the first and last fret...
I was thinking if I sand the lower part of the neck that touches the body pocket by a millimeter for example, will the neck have some relief?
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