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02-15-2008, 07:31 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Ilkley ,W. Yorks, England | | | Quick setup questions
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I'm very tired and could do with going to bed cos I'm in the studio tomorrow. Could anyone be proper awesome and tell me how I can raise the string height near the nut? Do I have to tighten up the truss rod and raise my saddles a bit to even out the action?
Plus which way do you have to adjust the saddles to make the 12th fret higher/lower compared to the open string? Is it toward the neck to make it higher and away to make it lower I've completely forgotten. |
02-15-2008, 08:59 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Union City, California | | | -do a nut shim, or use super glue and baking soda trick
- moving saddle back lowers harmonic
- moving saddle forward raises harmonic |
02-18-2008, 01:58 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Ilkley ,W. Yorks, England | | | Ah cheers man, I'll try mess with the nut at some point, found one of the setup pages in the stickies that helped out and it sounded immense, hardly any buzz and sounded alot deeper, the new recordings are sweet I'm really glad I went to the effort of setting it all up beforehand. |
02-18-2008, 02:03 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Union City, California | | | np swami,
As of right now, I could afford to either get a new nut and start over, or shim it. I think I might shim it with some black electrical tape, I'm really in no mood to do a whole new nut because I've done it already and I'm not in the mood to spend more time on it. I suppose that's what I get for being overzealous and impatient. |
02-19-2008, 08:57 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Ilkley ,W. Yorks, England | | | Hows a higher nut effect the tuning? Does it not throw it off a little? |
02-19-2008, 09:10 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Union City, California | | Quote:
Originally Posted by SwamiRob  Hows a higher nut effect the tuning? Does it not throw it off a little? | yes it does. That's why I shave all my nuts down to get the truest intonation. I'm a believer in as little relief as possible.
heck I should just go with fretless and not bother with meticulous setup procedures  |
02-21-2008, 05:53 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Ilkley ,W. Yorks, England | | Hahah, Shave your nuts down  Shame about the nut thing though, wanted to raise it a little in line with my generally high action. |
02-21-2008, 09:00 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Union City, California | | Quote:
Originally Posted by SwamiRob Hahah, Shave your nuts down | whoops, I walked into that one 
I mean you can always raise it, it's really up to you. I'm just a real stickler for detail and that's how I am. |
02-21-2008, 04:34 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Ilkley ,W. Yorks, England | | Don't get me started, I get OCD over ANYTHING if I put my mind to it. I just have to pretty much try and ignore anything that isn't perfect... I'll leave it be for now though seeming though it sounded so good, the setup seemed to do alot for making it sound alot deeper and louder unplugged and subsequently plugged in. Made for a very nice recording of it | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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