shim

So as the tittle says, I am curious to weather a full sized neck pocket shim, made from inserting a plastic credit card in the neck pocket, to...

I made an old pick guard into a full heal shim. I was looking for 2mm to compensate for a high mass bridge. This was about 2.1mm. Works great!...

I have a Squier Vintage Modified Precision Bass V with a Hipshot Kicka$$ bridge that just can’t quite get where I want it, and I suspect the setup...

Yesterday I shimmed the neck pocket of my de-fretted Squier VM TB with a Stew Mac .5 degree angled shim. The bridge was bottomed out and I wanted...

Good morning/afternoon everyone. I’m writing because I seem to be having an issue with one of my basses buzzing/dulling out above the 12th fret on...

Ok, I have to shim the Neck of my Bass. I need to raise the neck at 16 fret up to 1.5 - 2 mm. I found there are two ways for shimming the neck. 1-...

I took the neck off an Ibanez this weekend and found a little piece of sandpaper. I assume its a shim, but if it is, its not a very good one. I...

Hey guys, I'm trying to adjust the neck on my bass cause the action is way too high. I've got the neck straightened out but the action is still...

So I've got this 2012 USA Jazz that's my dream bass in every way except for this neck problem. Initially, I ran out of clearance to lower saddles...

The bridge wing gap is too wide for my Underwood pickup, need to shim it up with wood or something else someone might recommend.

[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Have been thinking about switching this bass to lighter gauge strings... This setup plays really nicely but it looks like I...

I like to tinker w/my bass. I replaced the bridge awhile ago and liked the sound/feel, (less wolf tone) before I installed the adjusters. I made...

Hi, I just acquired a Fender P bass and have an interesting adjustment I need to make but, I'm not sure how to go about it. The neck is dead...

Picked up a really nice 2008 American Standard Precision earlier today. Earlier tonight dropped in a Fender Pure Vintage '63 pickup which turned...

Hi. I have a Sterling SUB Ray35 and the truss rod wheel is maxed out. I don't want to strip or break it. I just need to take a little more relief...

I got to rise a bit a bone nut but dont know wich material would work better as a shim in order to glue shim+nut. Buying a preslotted nut is not...

Hello! I have a G&L Tribute L 2000 that I've been struggling to get a good setup on. I now have it setup so that I get minimal buzz when digging...

I would like to put a shim in two of my basses, an American Standard P Bass and an American Standard J Bass. Cause I would like to do a nice job...

Bought a MIJ P-bass about a year ago. (I'm mainly a guitarist, so wanted a bass for recording, etc.) Haven't played it much and never bothered...

The problem is there is a lot of buzz on the frets above 19 besides the 24th and only on the E string do I need a new shim or a new saddle to...

I just picked up a new American Standard Dimension Bass V. This is my first USA Fender and I like it for the most part. There are a few issues...

I bought a used Ibanez BTB405QM and after setting it up myself, I realized it's near perfect. I adjusted the truss rod to my liking (.20 using a...

I've got a 2002 MIM P Bass that is in pristine condition. It looks almost new. I just swapped out the pickups and installed the vintage-style...

Recently swapped the bridge on my MIM Fender P-bass but the action still feels a little high even with the saddles lowered all the way. I don't...

I recently finished a fretless P-Bass project, which came out flawlessly with the exception of the Omega (Badass clone) bridge being a little low...

I put my Fender Blacktop back together today, and left out the shim that was in there when I took it apart. It's just half a business card, not...