chilipeppermaniac
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The title says it all.
Obviously, I seem to recollect there being one, BUT I CANNOT for the life of me find it.
Obviously, I seem to recollect there being one, BUT I CANNOT for the life of me find it.
WHERE IS BIDDLN's Guitar SETUP Thread?
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flatrockmobile
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It's actually on another forum as a sticky in the luthier's corner section. One of the many "rooms" on that site.
DrBGood
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First, get the neck straight. You turn the truss rod ¼ turn at a time, then check relief. If the neck is too concave, turn the truss rod nut clockwise to remove excess relief. If the neck is too convex, turn the truss rod nut counter-clockwise.
Begin by tuning to your normal pitch, i.e. if you normally play in drop D, tune to drop D. Retune between each adjustment. Start by setting the bridge height for frets 16 to 22, so that the strings play buzz free at the lowest possible height.
Start with low E. Plucking normally play fret 16. Lower the bass side of the bridge until it buzzes, raise until clear. Now play it from fret 16 to fret 22. Raise slightly if needed. Check A and D and raise slightly if needed to get clean notes. Remember to retune between steps. Then do the treble side. If you bend notes up here, try a few typical bends, to make sure they don't buzz out.
When all strings play clean go to the lower frets and neck relief. Play the high E string from fret 1 to fret 15, increasing relief (loosening trussrod counter clockwise) to relieve buzz or decreasing relief (tightening trussrod clockwise) to lower the string height. So tighten, by fractional turns (1/4 of a turn), until it buzzes and back off until it doesn't. If you bend strings, do your typical bends to insure they don't buzz out. Once satisfied, check the other strings and make small adjustments as needed, loosening by the slightest amount (1/8th of a turn) to relieve buzzing.
Once you have acceptable relief, (i.e. no buzz) and easy action, set your intonation and you're done.
This is the opposite order of most setup directions. It is based on performance and not measurements; hence, I don't take any. It works because the neck is immobile between frets 16 and 22. The trussrod only affects lower frets. By setting the upper end first, you know any buzzes are coming from too little relief. This method works for most guitars, with truss rods.
Col Mustard
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thanks for reposting this Doc...
It ought to be a sticky because it's so useful.
And it's so simple.
Dear old John Hobbes passed away last year.
He annoyed people sometimes, and could be rude and
even obnoxious, but never to me.
I liked him, I respected his knowledge and I miss
his posts. He might have been banned from this forum for
indulging in mud slinging with other obnoxious members.
I wasn't there, didn't do it.
Not my circus, not my monkeys.
No comment, No pictures please.
If he left us a legacy, it might be a big barrel of
Biddlin's Butthurt Balm... 55 gallons oughta be enough, eh?
It ought to be a sticky because it's so useful.
And it's so simple.
Dear old John Hobbes passed away last year.
He annoyed people sometimes, and could be rude and
even obnoxious, but never to me.
I liked him, I respected his knowledge and I miss
his posts. He might have been banned from this forum for
indulging in mud slinging with other obnoxious members.
I wasn't there, didn't do it.
Not my circus, not my monkeys.
No comment, No pictures please.
If he left us a legacy, it might be a big barrel of
Biddlin's Butthurt Balm... 55 gallons oughta be enough, eh?
chilipeppermaniac
Well-Known Member
Yes Jean, Thank YOU.
Colonel, for some reason, I thought it was a sticky somewhere. Hence why I asked WHERE is it?
Colonel, for some reason, I thought it was a sticky somewhere. Hence why I asked WHERE is it?
Col Mustard
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it's prolly a sticky over at The Tone Rooms.
It oughta be here and there and on MLP as well.
It oughta be here and there and on MLP as well.
DrBGood
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The Tone Rooms ... I was there right at the start, did a lot of graphic design for the site, for free. And then they tried to screw me up by asking to give my author's rights on it all, to use it on T-shirts and different promo stuff to sell. Wasn't going to happen.
They still used some of it, like the header.
My work
chilipeppermaniac
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It sucks when a good thing carries some negative baggage too. Sorry Jean.
Here at ETSG I also got soured on a few aspects that have happened over the past 10 years. Things like We know who, who essentially gave a rat's azz about valuable SG resources of catalogues, specs, history etc AND losses of other helpful info that is a big reason many of us found the site, signed on and contributed as much as we did.
Some frictions and troubles, attitudes etc resurface in all fora, but at least for the most part, here and The Tone Rooms has a decent handle on keeping the peace and not having too much bad blood.
Here at ETSG I also got soured on a few aspects that have happened over the past 10 years. Things like We know who, who essentially gave a rat's azz about valuable SG resources of catalogues, specs, history etc AND losses of other helpful info that is a big reason many of us found the site, signed on and contributed as much as we did.
Some frictions and troubles, attitudes etc resurface in all fora, but at least for the most part, here and The Tone Rooms has a decent handle on keeping the peace and not having too much bad blood.
chilipeppermaniac
Well-Known Member
Jean, if you had gotten a "deal" made about the author's rights/ t shirts... Couldn't you have negotiated for a cut of the profits for any of your work? I would have backed you up for your fair share of that.
DrBGood
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Nope, they wanted it all. I think I remember one of the founders being lawyer or something.
chilipeppermaniac
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Well, Jean. It just doesn't seem right to me that you or anyone else who contributes toward any facet of the income stream of a site, product, etc should be expected to work for free.
