PaulWarning Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 (edited) just been setting up my MIA P which I'd noticed was getting fret buzz higher up the neck with relief of 8 thou ( my feeler gauge is imperial), so I starting tightening the truss rod, I've stopped the fret buzz with a string height of 2mm at the 12 fret ( and I play pretty hard with a 1mm pick) but I've now got next to no neck relief, is there anything to worry about? Edited January 4, 2014 by PaulWarning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamfist Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 If you've got a string height of 2mm at the 12th fret and are playing hard, then you have got as good as it's possible to get IMO. Nothing to worry about. I never measure relief. Every neck and player technique is slightly different and there is no "optimal" measurement IMO. Stop worrying and enjoy your beautifully set up P ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xilddx Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 [quote name='PaulWarning' timestamp='1388834399' post='2326527'] just been setting up my MIA P which I'd noticed was getting fret buzz higher up the neck with relief of 8 thou ( my feeler gauge is imperial), so I starting tightening the truss rod, I've stopped the fret buzz with a string height of 2mm at the 12 fret ( and I play pretty hard with a 1mm pick) but I've now got next to no neck relief, is there anything to worry about? [/quote] Same here, almost no relief, and my USA Jazz plays beautifully. I don't mind a little fret buzz though as for me it adds to the character and smoothness of of the sound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skankdelvar Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 (edited) Of late I have been setting the neck totally flat then winding the relief back in, 1/8th increments or less until any [i]serious[/i] fret buzz goes away. If no buzz, leave it flat. Saves all that tedious measuring. As for shims, there is a view that increasing the back angle of the neck leaves the bridge set higher, thereby increasing the break angle of the strings over the saddle with beneficial effects on one's 'tone'. Which is probably bollocks, but hey... [color=#ffffff].[/color] Edited January 4, 2014 by skankdelvar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulWarning Posted January 5, 2014 Author Share Posted January 5, 2014 cheers guys, since I posted this I did a google search, perhaps should have done that first, there's a thread about it on talk bass, it's not as unusual as I first thought, in fact some people say it's a sign of a very good neck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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