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08-09-2011, 05:56 PM
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What is the favored material for shimming a neck? I got a deal today on a Squier VM Jazz, but it needs some set up... |
08-09-2011, 06:14 PM
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Originally Posted by chandman1004  What is the favored material for shimming a neck? I got a deal today on a Squier VM Jazz, but it needs some set up... | How do you know it needs shimming?
Card stock.
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08-09-2011, 06:16 PM
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Try setting everything up first, though.
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08-09-2011, 06:16 PM
|  | Praising His name through music | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Stephenville, TX | | | You can use 1/3 of a business card, to raise the heel end of the neck. I've also used some veneer scraps, but they vary in thickness.
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08-09-2011, 06:22 PM
|  | Less barking, more wagging! | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: San Diego, CA | | | New playing cards are consistently 0.010" in thickness; I use 'em as shims in the workshop all the time. |
08-09-2011, 06:27 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Texas | | | Something that will adequately transmit string vibrations from the neck into the body and the pickup. Like human flesh.
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08-09-2011, 06:53 PM
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08-09-2011, 07:00 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Los Angeles, CA | | | A friend of mine used a slice of aluminum can. They can be cut with scissors. |
08-10-2011, 06:42 AM
| | | | Strings are way off ther board at the heel while getting buzz around the second fret. Tried to get the best setup , but just couldn't reach a happy medium . I used cardboard from a D'addario string box , two pieces . This fixed the issue, but i think I am going to go to 1 piece. The aliminum can intrigues me. What size should I cut it? |
08-10-2011, 10:23 AM
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Originally Posted by chandman1004 Strings are way off ther board at the heel while getting buzz around the second fret. Tried to get the best setup , but just couldn't reach a happy medium . I used cardboard from a D'addario string box , two pieces . This fixed the issue, but i think I am going to go to 1 piece. The aliminum can intrigues me. What size should I cut it? | You need to get this bass to a pro.
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08-10-2011, 11:57 AM
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Originally Posted by chandman1004 What is the favored material for shimming a neck? I got a deal today on a Squier VM Jazz, but it needs some set up... | There isn't ONE -- you'll find every opinion here. I've used -- and been happy with -- pretty much everything folks have already suggested...including tin-can...strips of sandpaper are generally my first option.
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08-10-2011, 12:00 PM
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Originally Posted by JLS You need to get this bass to a pro. | +1
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08-10-2011, 03:18 PM
| | | | Probably won't take to a store.... I can set it up, just was wondering what the general consensus was on shimming materials. Bought it for 80$ , truss rod was totally loose, but not broken or stripped. Tightened some last night, not a lot. Probably just need to give the neck some time to settle in then gonna give it another quarter twist or so . May not have to shim it after all anyway. |
08-10-2011, 03:26 PM
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