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 Post subject: Neck-issues
PostPosted: Fri Jan 22, 2016 10:12 am 
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Walnut
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First name: bert
Last Name: commeine
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Country: Belgiƫ
Greetings,

I had an old pacifica lying around, and as I am quite a DIY-guy, I wanted to try and make something out of it.
The paintjob had some cracks, so I decided to strip the paint and go for a natural-oil finish. So as I was sanding
my way to the basswood, I removed quite some layers (and millimeters). After quite some time sanding and finishing,
I decided to put my neck back in the pocket, to see that there is quita a height difference since I sanded the paint.

Now, my question is, should I remove some off the neck or some of the pocket. And is it safe the do it myself, or
can I screw the whole guitar up and should I get some professional luthier do it for me?

I'm from Belgium btw, please ignore my grammar mistakes


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 Post subject: Re: Neck-issues
PostPosted: Fri Jan 22, 2016 8:23 pm 
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Brazilian Rosewood
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Hi Bert!
I think you'll be fine.
The bridge has a lot of adjustment for height,
and if that doesn't work,
you can shim the neck to tilt it the way it works.
Have fun!


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 Post subject: Re: Neck-issues
PostPosted: Sat Jan 23, 2016 4:16 am 
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Thanks for the tip, just found some spare strings, and with some adjustments, it worked. The action however is the lowest I've ever seen (which I like), bit the last 3 frets are unplayable because of fret-buzz, but I guess I can fix that with the trust rod.


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 Post subject: Re: Neck-issues
PostPosted: Sat Jan 23, 2016 10:55 am 
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The "truss" rod is only for setting the relief (slight forward bow) of the neck. Do not use it for setting string height.



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 Post subject: Re: Neck-issues
PostPosted: Tue Jan 26, 2016 10:53 am 
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Barry Daniels wrote:
The "truss" rod is only for setting the relief (slight forward bow) of the neck. Do not use it for setting string height.


Amen.

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