Neck Shimming Question

[permissiontoland]

This may be a stupid question, but can you shim a neck at a forward angle to simulate falloff? I'm getting the high end fretting out on a P bass (14+) and I've already created some falloff in the frets but I don't want to shave them down to nothing in that pursuit (been there before).

I'm guessing at a certain point it would start acting like excessive forward bow, but would it be okay as long as it's not too much?

A picture of the bass in question because she's purdy:

 

[moles]

As I understand it - it wouldn't really do anything different than raising the bridge saddles, as far as angle of attack the strings are making.

Two reasons why I *would* go the shim route:
-- The saddles are getting close to maxed out
-- The pickup can't be raised any further, and so raising the bridge saddles put them at a less than optimal distance from the strings.

Just out of pure curiosity - is it drop-off you're going for on the high frets, or are we dealing with a ski-jump situation?

ETA: ALSO - Yes that sure is Purdy

 

[permissiontoland]

As I understand it - it wouldn't really do anything different than raising the bridge saddles, as far as angle of attack the strings are making.

Two reasons why I *would* go the shim route:
-- The saddles are getting close to maxed out
-- The pickup can't be raised any further, and so raising the bridge saddles put them at a less than optimal distance from the strings.

Just out of pure curiosity - is it drop-off you're going for on the high frets, or are we dealing with a ski-jump situation?

ETA: ALSO - Yes that sure is Purdy

Yeah, I guess it would be the same once you get the action back to the same height because it wouldn't change the curve of the neck.

I guess it's a ski jump. The truss rod is maxed out and I've got about 2/64" of relief at the 8th fret. I have heard that too much relief can act like a ski jump, and tightening it did seem to help, but not solve it. I received the guitar with the TR maxed out, but maybe years of excessive forward bow before that curved the neck all the way to the highest frets? It does seem that the relief is across the whole neck, and doesn't end at the 12th.

I tried to get a picture (not easy!) but here was the best one.

It looks more dramatic here than to the naked eye but it does seem like a ski jump:

I guess since it's a bass and I won't be bending notes up high, it wouldn't really matter if I filed the high frets down to almost nothing.