This is the single best set-up video I've found. Concise and direct. The neck relief straight edge/feller gauge technique is the foundation........its simple but super effective.
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This is awesome! I am suprised it does not have more views! I really like the part when you have shown how does the neck reacts to the truss rod adjustments. Cheers!
Good explanation of truss rod adjustment, but I hope people don't try to adjust string height for fret buzz solely using this method. It's a combination of truss rod and bridge adjustment.
Truss Rod adjustment is one of the most important parts of guitar setup but also the trickiest. One of the things almost never mentioned in videos is that whatever your Fretboard radius is...determines how much bow you need. If the Fretboard Radius is 7.25"....then the feeler gauge you'd use would be like .012". A 12" Radius would be .010". A 16" Radius would be .008". However, I have a guitar with a 12" radius. For an entire year and a half the Truss rod was too tight...not because I just did something wrong. It was because I was still able to fit a .010" feeler gauge under the 6th Low E string at the 8th fret without moving the string and without any issues. I had thought the Truss rod was correctly adjusted.....wrong! The best way is not just by feeler gauge but by playability and feel and sighting the neck. When the Truss rod is too tight, it will force your neck to be straighter or over-straight causing the back bow. Look down the edge of the fretboard from the top at the headstock...if you see no curve then truss rod is still tight. If the guitar plays like the strings are stiff...it's probably too tight. Moral of the story is: Do not get overly dependent on Feeler gauges because those can also screw you over.
I have a handful of guitars, the guitars setup by luthiers or from Gibson , with one of those fret guru credit card sized measuring devices, the string action goes higher and higher after the 12th fret. On the guitars Iv adjusted the neck on my own , the string height after fret 12 is at a certain Height and then lowers down a tad bit closer at the end of the frets . Atfirst I was worried I gave too much front bow. But idk. If the string height is higher at the 12 and slightly dips down towards the last few frets to me that seems normal for a bit of relief. But then why are the luthier set up guitars not like that? Did they give a total straight neck? Because after the 12th fret the string height just gets higher and higher. It doesn’t come back down and get closer to the neck . I’m also trying to figure out what type of straight edge to use for checking out neck relieve, should I be using a notched straight edge and slight a feeler gauge between the neck and straight edge? Or am I supposed to use a regular straight edge and slip the feeler gauge between the fret and the straight edge? Iv been doing it with a capo but I have sg juniors who’s neck joint it near fret 22 and other guitars who’s join is at 15 so it’s confusing since you hear to place your finger on the fret near the join and then get near the middle . The sg junior joint is very far off. I’d like to ask a luthier but Geiger just gonna want me to drop off the guitar and do the work and tell me how they do it and pay em. Not necessarily teach me anything lol
@@heythere6983 You can use either a notched or completely straight edge for checking relief. The feeler gauge would go under the portion that's touching the fret wire itself. The Truss Rod only works for the middle of the fretboard. It does nothing where the neck joint is onward. It doesn't matter if you hold the fret down at the end of the board or at the joint...you may get a very slightly different reading but it should be so close that it won't affect much. I like checking without feeler gauges...that's always worked way better for me. Just see how much gap is in the middle with capo at 1st and pushing down toward the end. The gap is almost not a gap at all lol.
Couple of questions. First one is I always heard that the standard neck relief for an electric guitar is .006". Also, you said that you use a "5/8th" neck relief tool. It's actually 5/16th.
Ajusted neck to recomended measurings i found on the internet. “Ultimately, you want a slight amount of relief in that neck, by which I mean a slight amount of concave bow. So, measured as described at the 8th fret, Gibson’s official spec looks for 10 and 12 thousandths of an inch [0.01 and 0.012-inch / 0.254 and 0.3048mm] there, which is a kind of ‘happy medium’ setting. String action too high measuring at 12th fret,if i lower on bridge i get fret buzz...
I have a Les Paul that I got used on ebay. I added 11-48 gauge strings and now I'm getting a lot more fret buzz, so I'm assuming I need to add relief (loosen the neck) - is that correct? Is there any chance I could damage the guitar by having had the high gauge strings on for a few months without adding more relief?
I’ve been playing guitar for over 20 years, and I don’t even know the answer to this: When guitar is exposed at a prolonged rate in dry conditions, will the neck bow, needing tightening, or back bow, needing loosening? And is it visa versa in prolonged humid conditions? Or does the neck bow in both? No idea
a ruined truss rod has all of its threads showing, it has been over tightened. that should give you your answer, the conditions of this world cause the the neck to always pull towards the bridge, and make the action higher and higher, causing more and more truss rod adjustment, until its ruined
I’m going to purchase a Gibson les paul but the product description says it is a single action truss rod in the neck. My question is does that mean it can only be adjusted in one way? What do I do if I want to add relief to the neck?
This is the single best set-up video I've found. Concise and direct. The neck relief straight edge/feller gauge technique is the foundation........its simple but super effective.
Probably the best video I’ve seen on this topic
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@Nelson Luciano Thanks for your reply. I found the site on google and I'm trying it out now.
Looks like it's gonna take quite some time so I will reply here later with my results.
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Wow, this Helped me a lot. I hade my frets buzzing, and I couldn’t see what the problem was cause the neck was dead straight. Thanks man! 🙏🙏🙏🎸👍
By far the best video on neck adjustment. His day job is chiropractor, walk in or by appointment.
Hell yeah, thats how you do an info video! Great job, thank you very much!
Be safe.
People never use simple terms for new people to understand, is the neck bending forward or backwards. This is what needs to be reiterated.
Best video and explanation on a truss rod adjustment. Thank you sir.
Finally someone who explains it clearly 👍🏼 this video shows how simple the process is and how much difference a little turn makes. Thank you for this!
This is GOLD! I cannot thank you enough!
Great video on simplifying basic neck relief understanding.
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Great Great video. In 4 minutes you did it soooo good mate. That iswhat i needed
This is awesome! I am suprised it does not have more views! I really like the part when you have shown how does the neck reacts to the truss rod adjustments. Cheers!
Good explanation of truss rod adjustment, but I hope people don't try to adjust string height for fret buzz solely using this method. It's a combination of truss rod and bridge adjustment.
good info explained well...should we loosen strings before adjustment...?
I do
Truss Rod adjustment is one of the most important parts of guitar setup but also the trickiest. One of the things almost never mentioned in videos is that whatever your Fretboard radius is...determines how much bow you need. If the Fretboard Radius is 7.25"....then the feeler gauge you'd use would be like .012". A 12" Radius would be .010". A 16" Radius would be .008". However, I have a guitar with a 12" radius. For an entire year and a half the Truss rod was too tight...not because I just did something wrong. It was because I was still able to fit a .010" feeler gauge under the 6th Low E string at the 8th fret without moving the string and without any issues. I had thought the Truss rod was correctly adjusted.....wrong!
The best way is not just by feeler gauge but by playability and feel and sighting the neck. When the Truss rod is too tight, it will force your neck to be straighter or over-straight causing the back bow. Look down the edge of the fretboard from the top at the headstock...if you see no curve then truss rod is still tight. If the guitar plays like the strings are stiff...it's probably too tight. Moral of the story is: Do not get overly dependent on Feeler gauges because those can also screw you over.
I have a handful of guitars, the guitars setup by luthiers or from Gibson , with one of those fret guru credit card sized measuring devices, the string action goes higher and higher after the 12th fret.
On the guitars Iv adjusted the neck on my own , the string height after fret 12 is at a certain Height and then lowers down a tad bit closer at the end of the frets . Atfirst I was worried I gave too much front bow. But idk. If the string height is higher at the 12 and slightly dips down towards the last few frets to me that seems normal for a bit of relief.
But then why are the luthier set up guitars not like that? Did they give a total straight neck? Because after the 12th fret the string height just gets higher and higher. It doesn’t come back down and get closer to the neck .
I’m also trying to figure out what type of straight edge to use for checking out neck relieve, should I be using a notched straight edge and slight a feeler gauge between the neck and straight edge? Or am I supposed to use a regular straight edge and slip the feeler gauge between the fret and the straight edge?
Iv been doing it with a capo but I have sg juniors who’s neck joint it near fret 22 and other guitars who’s join is at 15 so it’s confusing since you hear to place your finger on the fret near the join and then get near the middle . The sg junior joint is very far off. I’d like to ask a luthier but Geiger just gonna want me to drop off the guitar and do the work and tell me how they do it and pay em. Not necessarily teach me anything lol
@@heythere6983 You can use either a notched or completely straight edge for checking relief. The feeler gauge would go under the portion that's touching the fret wire itself.
The Truss Rod only works for the middle of the fretboard. It does nothing where the neck joint is onward. It doesn't matter if you hold the fret down at the end of the board or at the joint...you may get a very slightly different reading but it should be so close that it won't affect much. I like checking without feeler gauges...that's always worked way better for me. Just see how much gap is in the middle with capo at 1st and pushing down toward the end. The gap is almost not a gap at all lol.
Couple of questions. First one is I always heard that the standard neck relief for an electric guitar is .006". Also, you said that you use a "5/8th" neck relief tool. It's actually 5/16th.
Yes 5/16 for Les Paul
Neck relief should be between.005" and .015".
I've got open E buzz
the rest is okish. Epi 2012 china standard pro.
Ajusted neck to recomended measurings i found on the internet.
“Ultimately, you want a slight amount of relief in that neck, by which I mean a slight amount of concave bow. So, measured as described at the 8th fret, Gibson’s official spec looks for 10 and 12 thousandths of an inch [0.01 and 0.012-inch / 0.254 and 0.3048mm] there, which is a kind of ‘happy medium’ setting.
String action too high measuring at 12th fret,if i lower on bridge i get fret buzz...
Thank you for this demonstrated procedure, I was hesitant at first but I do have those feeler gauges. What size strings do you use for a LP? cheers.
I have a Les Paul that I got used on ebay. I added 11-48 gauge strings and now I'm getting a lot more fret buzz, so I'm assuming I need to add relief (loosen the neck) - is that correct? Is there any chance I could damage the guitar by having had the high gauge strings on for a few months without adding more relief?
Higher gauge strings should only eliminate fret buzz. Your frets are probably wonky.
Shredders love straight necks. Also, if you are fretting the 5th fret and hitting the 6th fret. You need fretwork.
yeh but is it the same for Ephiphone?
Shoukd this be done under string tension?
Yes, just like he showed
Perfect thank you
I’ve been playing guitar for over 20 years, and I don’t even know the answer to this:
When guitar is exposed at a prolonged rate in dry conditions, will the neck bow, needing tightening, or back bow, needing loosening?
And is it visa versa in prolonged humid conditions? Or does the neck bow in both? No idea
a ruined truss rod has all of its threads showing, it has been over tightened. that should give you your answer, the conditions of this world cause the the neck to always pull towards the bridge, and make the action higher and higher, causing more and more truss rod adjustment, until its ruined
thanks dude, great video
Great video.
Thank you
Neck relief should be between.005" and .015", so .010" is just in the middle. 👍
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I’m going to purchase a Gibson les paul but the product description says it is a single action truss rod in the neck.
My question is does that mean it can only be adjusted in one way? What do I do if I want to add relief to the neck?
The audio is cutting in and out on this video.
0.10?
Fix the sound!.
Som many contradictions in this video.
Why is that
useless