Hollowway
Extended Ranger
Yes, you're right -- and in fact I've taken mine lower and it has helped.
Another thing I've found is that these necks seem to do much better with more relief. I had the relief at .010" on the high E string (1st to 24th fret, measured at the 9th), and it had weird random buzzes. I increased the relief to around .018" (on the high side) and with the same action, there's significantly less buzz. It feels better playing quick runs and arpeggios.![]()
Yeah, I might try adding some relief in the neck. I'm going to switch to 8-38 +52+70, which will decrease the string tension from the stock strings, so I'll need a truss adjustment anyway. But, I am a little intimidated about adjusting two truss rods. This business about having two rods to compensate for the increased tension of the lower strings scares me, because it seems I should tighten the lower truss rod more, but how much? And how do you check it, given that truss rods can take days to affect the neck? Scary stuff.