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it's BEEBBBEI put my rg2127x in secret tuning, guess what it is and I'll make a NGD thread for it finally
it's BEEBBBEI put my rg2127x in secret tuning, guess what it is and I'll make a NGD thread for it finally
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Setting up a guitar isn't magic. I have my own methods.
The best playing Ibanez I ever owned I put neck shim in and no one could believe how low the action was. I guess that was a secret or something.
Wes plays great. But his tone is shit and I've heard he's an asshole.
Yeah the only one that doesn't really need one is my kieselI find pretty much every bolt on guitar benefits from a shim.
What shims are you guys using?
That is interesting. That seems like that would work well.Small piece of maple veneer from Home Depot. You can get a massive sheet for like $30 and it won't compress like cardboard might.
I've never had a bolt-on guitar where the bridge couldn't be adjusted low enough and needed a shim to create more space between the strings and the body. How are shims helping with your bolt-ons?I find pretty much every bolt on guitar benefits from a shim.
I generally find I can get the strings closer to the frets across the entire neck easier with the type of relief I like. Sometimes without the shims I can get them low on part of the neck, but not the other. Like, they might be higher on frets 12-24 vs 1-12.I've never had a bolt-on guitar where the bridge couldn't be adjusted low enough and needed a shim to create more space between the strings and the body. How are shims helping with your bolt-ons?
What shims are you guys using?
G# Std?I put my rg2127x in secret tuning, guess what it is and I'll make a NGD thread for it finally
I wish, haven't pushed the 7th string saddle back. Always intended to keep this is A standard cause of the piezo/double edge "limitations". I went with AEADEAD cause I had the gauges and wanted to try something new.G# Std?
This is why you never meet your heroes.Couple of dorks. Enjoy your "secret". Recently, I watched Wes Hauch have a mini-meltdown on his instragram story regarding setups that made me really buy the stories that have been shared here. Dude came off like an ass and someone I don't care to learn from.
This is why you never meet your heroes.
Damn shame lol. He's an amazing once in a generation kinda player. Too bad he's a dick.
Side note: there's this interview of him floating around somewhere where he talks about how he's read a lot of Noam Chomsky and goes "duuuuuuude it's incredible Chomsky predicted EVERYTHING dude, like the shit state of the world and whatever"
Sounded like a baked college kid whose takeaway from reading Chomsky was that he's clairvoyant. Fucking funny lol.
In terms of a flat shim, sure but theres degrees to all things in a setup. Angled shims compensate for keeping your string straight from the nut to the bridge across the fretboard. If you are particular about setup on a bolt on guitar, shims are the key to honing in your setup and perfecting it once all other factors are taken care of.I'm not sure why shimming matters if there's still range to adjust the bridge up or down. If you're having trouble getting the action right without the strings too low to the upper frets, I would think that means the nut is too high.