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[EsquireEsque]

Just looked at the measurements... I do them in SAE measurements so I had to convert them to mm... Yours look pretty good. If the action feels good to you, I'd be tempted to declare victory. With the exception of guitars set up exclusively for slide, I think about any E string can be made to buzz if you hit it hard enough.

SAE - is that what you call "imperial" (feet and inches)? What does it stand for (i'm guessing "Standard American ....something".

Yes I was very happy to get this working - of course, in my haste, the neck is on crooked (it's about 1 mm off!) the screws must have "gone in " on bad angles (just plain atrocious workmanship!)


I'll have to take it off, put dowels in and then try again.

But at least I know that kind of fret levelling will solve the problem.


the shieding tape wrapped around the tuners did help too.

[Trevor Davies]

...- of course, in my haste, the neck is on crooked (it's about 1 mm off!) the screws must have "gone in " on bad angles (just plain atrocious workmanship!)


I'll have to take it off, put dowels in and then try again.

But at least I know that kind of fret levelling will solve the problem.


the shieding tape wrapped around the tuners did help too.

I'm not sure if 1mm off is that bad! If the neck is slightly crooked, you may be able move it a bit by loosening the screws and applying a force to the neck/body in the needed direction and then retighten the screws. I would try this before redowelling.

[EsquireEsque]

I'm not sure if 1mm off is that bad! If the neck is slightly crooked, you may be able move it a bit by loosening the screws and applying a force to the neck/body in the needed direction and then retighten the screws. I would try this before redowelling.

The first "dot" is noticeably 1 mm "out" to the right and the 9th "dot" is noticeably 1 mm out to the left......
It also means that the "e" strings are both a bit too close to the edge of the fretboard ....

I've tried the Re-screw" option and did get it a bit better - but that was to the current situation (it was worse before!)

As they say in the classics.... if you screw something up - screw it up properly!
I seem to be "good" on the "classics".....

It's annoying - the first try (guitar) has the neck on just about perfectly! I don't think I have an option other than to dowell and re-drill. The best case scenario might be that I can identify one screw that pulls rthe rest out and only have to fix that one....