Despite fixing and setting up guitars myself for many decades, I still watched this video and enjoyed it a ton. You explained everything very, very well. The penny trick is super handy! And that last part about the string buzz that you couldn't figure out but eventually did is also great for others with the same rare problem. Great vid and I hope it has helped and continues to help as many people as possible. Take care!🤘
My son has this guitar. He's only had it about a month or so. Played show with it and loves it but wants to get another model to try. If I had 999 I would get it from him. Hahaha. These S series are awesome. Light and comfortable. Awesome video ! I have the old 2001 s370. Love it!!
great video, i just got the jem jr black, and it came from guitar center with the low E string fret buzz all up the neck. Took several hours to figure out but now the action is super comfortable and the buzzing is at nice minimum. thank you so much!
Knew when you mentioned Wolfgang’s you knew guitars.. There phenomenal guitars! Great tips, love the penny trick for times when you don’t have setup gear..
Yeah man I am a serious wolfgang guy. Actually that is all I played for about 15 years or so and drifted over to the Ibanez guitars and I must say I do love those as well. My J Custom is simply an amazing guitar and play phenomenal. I carry an Ibanez and a Wolfgang to every show....for as great as the Ibanez guitars are...there are just some things the wolfgang still does better.
Just a tip. This always helped me remember which way to turn the truss rod....think "over the counter relief". turning counter-clockwise add relief to the neck. Silly but it helps.
Yeah it is a balancing act. I am actually shooting a vid today and going to try to record how much fret buzz my guitars have. this seems to be the biggest topic I get asked about. Hopefully I will have it out tonight. Thanks bro.
You know you are one of the best guitar setup guys to explain things I've known how to adjust Floyd Rose for a long time now but in the beginning I had to learn and understand it all and the main thing was the truss rod because that's supposed to always be done first and they're always talking about the truss rod first but they never even get into it they talk about making sure the bridge is level to the body and then tune it and how to set the fine tuners in the middle I mean it just goes on and on and yet they never get to the trash rod but that's the first thing they say they say in the beginning of the video is the truss rod have to be done first and because of not it being explain right they never say make sure the bridge plate on the Floyd Rose is level to the body tune your guitar and then check your relief on your truss rod that's how they never explain it the Way You Are I've never seen anyone say it perfect like you just said and using a penny for low action on the 12th fret is great is a perfect simple way that I've done I've done plenty times myself and then after that if the action it's still fretting out then raise the two screws on each side of the Floyd Rose you're saying with your penny which is great I've done that a lot but you see they never explained it like that they talk about the truss rod is the first thing to do anyway you get my point so great video the only thing that bugs me this is almost a perfect video it's just when you kept your finger on the first fret and on the Bonham fret do you hear the noise do you hear the noise that went on for a while instead of just saying slide a penny under the 12th fret again after raising the bridge but it's your thing and it's cool I love it and I just wanted to honor you for the first video that I seen out of I couldn't even count how many that you explain this trust Rod perfectly it's nice meeting you rock on in May you have a joyful fulfilled life God bless God bless you❤
Wow. Thanks for that my friend. That is quite the endorsement and the best message I have ever gotten. Heck, my wife made me read it out loud so she could hear it. I always try to be as thorough as possible because I have seen so many videos that kind of cut corners and you are left there saying, well what about this, or what about that. I think everyone should work on their own equipment, within reason of course, because at the end of the day no one knows exactly how you like your guitar but you. Quick story of why though, I bought a guitar at sweetwater, paid for the plek and the setup and when I got it the guitar was terrible. That cost me an extra 300 and I said no more. I had to completely redo the guitar and level the frets, which amazed me because of the plek. Luckily my sales guy at sweetwater reimbursed me that money on my next purchase, but from that point on I always did it myself and wanted to share what I know. Again. Thanks my friend. I greatly appreciate it.
Just set up my s1070pbz last night, it plays the best with semi low action, and a small bit of relief in the neck. Fast and excellent sound after I set it up.
Yeah it is amazing the difference of the guitar when you get it dialed in. My J Custom has the lowest action of any of my guitars. It does have a little more than usual fret buzz on a clean channel but it is lightening fast. Luckily I was able to get the neck dead straight on that one. 1070's are great guitars aren't they? I love mine and for the money unbeatable.
@@TraceTaylor3 Absolutely, I love my rg6pfgmltd, but the s1070pbz is just more articulate when I'm playing lead or rhythm. And the through the body bolt on construction is just brilliant, and brings out even more sustain. And is more durable, but replaceable, something I've always thought about a guitar having it bolt, and through, other than one piece through the body guitars.
@@DiMarzio-Tone yeah I am a serious bolt on neck person. I like being able to control the neck completely. If I cannot get a guitar setup to exactly how I like it, I like having the option to shim the neck to put it where I want it. And now a days they are carving the joints so well they are becoming a non issue at all. As small as the heel is on my Ibanez's, the hell on my J custom is even smaller and I love that.
@@TraceTaylor3 Yeah, no doubt, I won't buy through the body guitars, unless like the s1070pbz which is through construction bolt on, love it man! The sustain is unbelievable for that thin of a guitar. J customs should have come stock with Evo gold, or SS frets. I don't like that part of the J Custom, it's almost unbelievable they don't have SS frets, but my premium s1070, and my rg6pfgmltd premium both have SS frets.
@@DiMarzio-Tone I agree brother. Especially for that price...to make such an amazing guitar then put nickel frets on it.....makes not sense at all to me. Forget the fact that the guitar is 3k.....now I have to spend 500 more for stainless frets. That is almost unacceptable
Yeah it is a little bigger but an easy gauge if you don't have a way to measure the string height. 3/64 is a great all around action but I find when I work on other peoples guitars....they are usually higher than that. I just thought this would be an easy gauge for people to easily check their action. thanks for the comment brother.
I only have buzz on the G string around the 13 to 16 fret. It's a Floyd rose bridge the string action looks fine bridge is aligned properly. Please any suggestion would be really helpful
That actually is not that uncommon. That string is basically a core string from the 3 strings above it. And that is usually the one that comes out of tune first. Regardless, if you have fret buzz around just a couple of frets that usually means you have a fret that is too low or one that is too high, and that will cause it to buzz across generally 3 frets. If the other strings are good then you probably have a fret issue and will need to have those frets leveled. If you have a very small piece of metal....like a metal ruler, but you will need to cut it no longer then the span of 3 frets. You can put the skinny edge of the ruler starting at the suspect fret and go back two frets, lay it across the three frets and see if it rocks even very slightly. if not move up one fret and try it again. If you have a fret that is too low or too high somewhere moving across those frets say from 10 to 19 with the edge of the metal ruler, you will get a slight rock from it and that will let you know where the high for low fret is.
I recently bought an Ibanez RG655 second hand from ebay at really good price and good condition . The action was not great on it I lowered the bass side to max and it was still too high. I measured frets wiv a fret rocker and all seem good . I thought I will have to take it to a local guitar repair guy . I saw this video as recently discovered your channel which I think is great my kind of thing my kind of music . I followed the steps on it and learnt something on a good quality shredder guitar the angle of the trem affects the action and playability . I realised the trem was set too high so I lowered it back and adjusted the truss rod correctly . Noe the action is fantastic really low with no Buzz. Even sounds better somehow . This is very good video for people who are not that great at setting up guitars . Thanks for the info. Also good luck getting to your subscriber Target Pete
fantastic. I am glad you got it all sorted out and that this video helped. That is why I do this and kudos to you for doing it yourself. You will always be your best guitar tech because you are the only person who knows exactly what you like. Thanks for the comment brother and yes hopefully I get to give this guitar away. Have a good one bro and shred on.
i am going to save this video ...well not for the guitar i use right now, which anyway was only to return playing guitar, but as soon as i have the budget for a better one this video si gona help alot since the brand i am after will be my favorite one : ibanez. My first guitar back in the day was a Ibanez i can't remember where i bought it but that was a beauty in tone and look. Thank you so much. PS do i have permission to download this video and put subtitles in german and albanian ? its realy very helpful for all
@@TraceTaylor3 thank you so much dear brother. that is gonna be here in this channel but also on my facebook page ( well profil which i not knowing it better made to a page Lol ). not only German but also albainian subtitles because i am sure there may be so many having that very same issue or issues with their guitars and this video with no doubt is the one to go for. and kind of funny because the guitar you have is the one i was planiing in some future when i got as good as i once used to be , to buy. thank you so much for the effort and the realy deep course and yes it not a explanation video but actualy a course. i appreciate it and i am sure everyone else does aswell.
@@TraceTaylor3 hi there . i want to inform you that i Downloaded the Video ( was not easy actualy ) and soon i am gonna start to work on German Subtitles and maybe also albanian. i need to watch it one mo time to so see how to arrange the Subtitles art best. i Hope i do not forget to place the link to that Video here. Thank you for the huge amount of effort brought to tach us newbies and returnrs to Guitar ...well actualy also a newby since i have unlearned so much of it allready.
@@IronClan2024 Always learning brother. Yeah downloading them can be a headache at times. If you remember send the link here or email. Really want to see it. Thanks dude.
I have esp eclipse, i used 11-49 daddario in e tuning, i changed to 10-46 and set up everything truss rod, string height and intonation and lately i develop this fret buzz or elevated fret in high E and B about 15-18 fret. Could it be because it is "Set Neck"guitar not neck thru, i dont know 😅 only those 3 frets (15-18 e, b) and when i bend notes it sound like shit
It is weird but that seems to be a very common issue in guitars on the high e and b around 15. Did you check your string height at the 12th? you want to be at 3/64. That is a standard action setup and where I keep all my guitars set. EVH guitars come from the factory at 3/64. I would check that first and make sure you are not lower than that as when you go below 3/64 your frets need to be damn level or they will fret out like hell. What is sounds like to me is that you went down quite a bit in gauge and the neck does not have enough relief as the tension between those to sets are quite different. Always start with the action. Get it to 3/64 using the truss. Does your guitar have a floyd or fixed bridge. If it has a floyd the trem will set back with a lighter gauge string and will also cause the problem. Please let me know. Thanks
It is a 3mm. If you can get your hands on one Ibanez makes a little pocket tool that has every tool you need on it more minor guitar work. I have two and they are crazy handy.
Yeah you are gonna have some. That is just the electric guitar and I have a bit in mine that I allow for a faster action. A lot though.....would drive me nuts also. Destroys your cleans.
@@Wheresthepepsibismol Right on. Damn good guitar. Replay a lot of 80s type rock and I don’t have a need for a seven string but at one point I’m definitely gonna pull the trigger on one just because they are cool damnit.
Great video. As a player I have done 6 string setups on my own stuff for a number of years, and after having some issues with my Schecter C1 (which I had been able to set to lower action than the SG, Paul, PRS or Gretsch originally..) I decided to do a fret level - just too many high frets when rocking.. All frets were down properly, and I was pleased with the leveling, fall off and polishing. When I try to obtain the original actions heights again though, all notes are clean on all strings, but bends on the high E and B strings above the 12th fret choke if they are more than a full step... unless I bring the action up of course. Relief is set to spec. Looking for a little better if possible - Thoughts please.... Best regards and Thank you
How is the action at the nut? I had a similar problem with one of my guitars and what I did was sand the nut down to where the strings had no clearance at the 1st fret, then I used aluminum foil....I use this because it is easy to control and very very thin, and then spaced it back up incrementally until I had clearance, then reset the action and that cured my issues. The action at the nut end was too high and I was trying to compensate by lower it through relief and at the trem which was causing me to set the trem to low to get what I liked. After correcting the nut end, I could then correct the entire setup. Most people don't mess with the nut or locking side but that plays a very important part in the overall setup. Let me know if the nut is correctly set. Thanks
Whatever works for you is the best place to set it. I usually like mine a touch lower. I try to go around 2-2.5/64 on the ibanez's. On my EVH guitars I stay at 3/64. I figured I would do this penny video to give people a good jumping off point for those who don't have the tools to measure correctly. thanks for watching.
" drop me a line " my G string makes a buzz when i fret it and i have no idea what causes it. i had in the first E string such a buzz and got rid of it by relieving the neck via trus rod but that G string did not change at all. i changed to a 007 set of strings so i think the issue may be on the brigdge / tremolo but i am not sure. 1- string changed 2- Neck reliev to get rid of the butt of the first E and that worked but the G string causes that tinny sound if you can tell me where the issue is that would be very nice thank you so much appreciate it
The dreaded G string. Every guitar players nightmare. Is it a locking trem or non locking. It sounds like you are having a nut issue. Even if it is a locking nut, after a while it will groove a little and cause the string to be to low. However, if it is locking it is an easy fix. Just shim the bridge a little and see if it cures the issue. If not a locking nut, the nut slot may be too low and the others will have to be cut to make them all the same then shim the nut back up. Check the clearance at the first fret on all the strings. There should be barely any clearance, just enough to make it noticeable....and I mean barely. You will have to use a light to see. If there is hardly no clearance on the G then it will be a nut issue. IF all the clearances are the same, then raise the bridge a little then correct the action by straightening the neck a little to bring the action back down.
@@TraceTaylor3 Hi Brother. no the trm is standard in that harvey bent a tone ( 😁) so no locking trem and the nut is neither bone nor brass but plastic. but since you say maybe cut to deep i can image that indedd can be the case because it also does feel so when i play rifst or chords or solos. Thank you sooo much for all this Information.
@@IronClan2024definitely change that nut out. They are a cheap fix. There are a lot of good ones out there that are not plastic. Plastic wears really fast and your stings will actually bind up in them causing you all kinds of issues. It's really easy to do and if you get a nut file you can do it all yourself and get it perfect. Just file, tune and test....and keep repeating that until you get it right where you want it.
Hey brother i have a floyd tuned 1/2 step down with fret buzz on a&d strings 2nd&3rd frets i raised the action now the strings are too high and i still have a little buzz recommendations please thanks
Since that is on the head stock side and your neck is correct, I would shim the locking nut. I use aluminum foil because of its thinness and I can shim the nut in incredibly small increments until I get what i want. Usually if my nut is too tall, I will grind it down lower then what I need then shim it back up.
Great video ! I left my guitar for about 2 weeks without strings to do some fretboard cleaning and when I put new strings ( same gauge ) I immediately noticed some buzzing (when unplugge but still very very annoying ) in the 3 low strings and in particular frets . For example in the 5th and then to some of the lowest frets . What's the cause of this problem? Is the neck going to do the job after finally being with strings and getting back its usual tension during the first days or should I worry more ? I tried to clean and polish frets and now I can't enjoy playing... Thanks in advance for your time !
When you leave the strings off for a while the neck usually does not return to where it was before. Wood is like everything else and once it gets in a position it likes to be in it tries to stay there. Having the strings off for a couple of weeks gave the wood time to reset into a non tension state, but the fix should be pretty easy. First check and see if you have any relief in the neck. Fret at the first fret low e and around the 15th fret low e with the other hand. look at the string and see if you have any relief, a down bow, under the string. If not then that is the issue and a couple of quarter turns on the truss should fix that. If you do have some relief then raise the bridge on the low e side but in quarter turns only. Check the string height. you want 3/64 over the 12th fret on high and low e. if both are set to there then all should be good. New strings do have a tendency to buzz a bit more then what you are used to. Personally I hate new strings but you have to change them. Let me know if this helps. Thanks
@@TraceTaylor3 Thanks a lot for your response . I had my guitar checked by a technician . He fixed my intonation issue ( I had no idea of that problem before , I'm relatively new to electric guitar ) and set the neck right . The annoying buzz is still there ... Is there any chance that the frets are uneven now after the neck adjustment? Do I need fret leveling? I will take it to another tech cause I just can't be ok with that amount of buzz.
@@manosg7325 Remember it is an electric guitar so if you are going to have decent action you will have some fret buzz. Everyone of my guitars does buzz a little bit, mostly from 8 and down to one. The action if set correctly is going to be very low at fret one and can go as high at fret 5 and this is usually where the buzzing occurs. New strings make it much worse because they are so much brighter. Now if it is buzzing really bad when you fret it you might need to check the frets. If they are nickle they will wear especially if you do a lot of chording like you would on an acoustic. If they are stainless then that is not the issue unless the frets were not leveled good at the build which does happen. But then again, when it comes to electrics it really is how much buzz can you live with. The faster the action the more the buzz. Now, with all that being said....I check my frets once a year to see if one has become high or too low, and inevitably I usually have to do a little work.
@@TraceTaylor3 Still here with buzz ! I went to a different Luthier and now apart from the initial buzz I have a TERRIBLE buzz in 2nd fret G string and generally bad and noticeable in the GBE strings . I will visit another Luthier now . The thing is that the guitar was perfectly fine when I bought it and for quite long ( until I left it with no strings for a few weeks as i mentioned in a previous comment) . It is said that with truss rod adjustments will be ok etc . If it was ok with zero buzzing why could it not be returned to that situation? Was the thing with the period without strings that did a permanent damage? I just hate it it's so annoying .
About a penny is 3/64 which is standard action on a guitar. That way you get still pretty fast action with minimal fret buzz. That should be about a business card if you hold the freight from the first to the last fret at the 12th fret
I used the card trick an still get a little buzz but do the penny under it will go away but if it’s to high then use a rubber band cut it an set it on 12th fret an tie it around the neck an it will go away to your liking.
Is it the same for guitar and bass? That really kind of depends on your playing style. I have one of my Ibanez guitars set At 2/64 because I wanted to be a little faster. If you play bass more like a guitar and honestly that should be OK but if you’re getting into slap bass or heavy fingerpicking you will probably have to raise it
Actually I tried to just find a lower nut but apparently no one makes them anymore....so I ended up sanding this one. I shot a video on it and how I did it and hopefully will have it up soon.
Can you please amend your video? It's very interesting but if you turn the rod as you showed you are actually reducing relief in the neck, on a side note I am really struggling to find the right spot of neck relief? Can you please show me in details how much relief we are talking about? What if it's starts buzzing on first frets? I guess I shall release the rod but how much???
turn the rod in 1/8 turns. You should have a little fret buzz around 1 2 and 3 frets if you want fast action. You only want enough relief to give you 3/64 clearance at the 12 fret. That should constitute to very little relief. If you get the action set at 3/64 at the 12 fret and you still have a lot of fret buzz at 1 and 2 you may need to shim the nut. I have had to do that on a few guitars. I usually use wax paper. It is super thin and moves it minimally. The nut is the one place people usually fail to check. And yes I will look at the video for how to turn the rod. Most of my guitars have the adjustment at the body side so I may have said that backwards.
@@TraceTaylor3 thanks but how much fret buzz are we talking about!? Truss rod seems to be already maxed out, if I push further, the buzz is really unbearable
@@marcocelestino4308 If you truss rod is maxed out then there is another problem. You should never have to take it one way or the other fully. What is the guitar? Is it a locking trem, fixed bridge? I started to cover this very problem in this video but it was getting way too long. If you has a lot of relief in it and it is still buzzing, how is your bridge set? you may need to raise the bridge then compensate for it by removing some of the relief to bring the action back down. Also check you nut height. With the guitar unfretted you should be able to slide a business card under the first fret. If you cannot not then your nut is sitting to low and will need to be shimmed. Normally you can fix that by adding relief but it sounds in your case you can't go any further. If you got time, try to find a really good guitar that is set up properly and listen to the amount of buzz it produces and compare it to yours. It will produce buzz but it comes down to how much can you live with. You don't want so much buzz that it comes through the amp on a clean channel because now it is killing your tone. But honestly I would raise the bridge a little, 1/8 turns to eliminate as much buzz as you can then pull a liitle relief out then back to the bridge then a little more relief until you find that sweet spot. It is there unless your frets are shot then that is a different issue. If all the parts of the guitar are good, it is just finding the balance between the bridge and the neck and that is just a matter of making a small adjustment at one end then the other and keep doing it till you find that right setup. Just try to keep the action at 3/64 as you work.
So i've got a new guitar, and i set it up the way i like it. There's pretty much no fret buzz, however, on the high strings, especially B string, when i pluck it - it sounds like it has some sort of a quack? This is most apparent up to 12th fret (even on open string). I have a slight relief, and the action on B string is about 0.06 inch/1.5mm. I'm not sure what the problem is, or maybe this is normal and im just losing my mind for no reason
@@TraceTaylor3 no, regular nut, and a standard fixed bridge. From a lot of research i managed to find out its a sitar buzz, but i cant seem to figure out where exactly its coming from. Sounds like from the bridge, but i cant seem to find what exactly is causing it
@@temorinkaari a lot of time with a locking nut the string will not be exactly in the right position. I had this same problem on one of my wolfgangs and it drove me crazy and took me forever to find. try changing your string gauge and see if that helps the issue. also apply nut sauce to both sides just to make sure there is not some kind of wierd minute bind happening with the string and where it makes contact to the bridge and the nut. The smallest bit out of alignment can cause these type of issues. That is where I would start and move from there. Let me know.
@@TraceTaylor3 i tried applying graphite to the nut already with no luck. Changed strings for the 3rd time. Was suggested to use a wound string and grind it on the bridge saddle, but that didnt help either. After swapping saddles and even putting B string instead of low E, i still get the same issue, which makes me believe its either the bridge plate itself (its a standard fixed bridge, if i havent mentioned already), or something else entirely. The noise also happens on 24th fret as well, although its barely audible, and only when i play very close to the bridge, behind the bridge pickup.
@@temorinkaari Damn. That is a lot of work when you should be playing. It could be the bridge plate.....but I am not sure about that. I am going to ask a friend of mine who is a guitar tech because now I am beyond curious because you have done about everything. what is the guitar????
@@TraceTaylor3 I think the buzz is gone but I've raised action but I think its abit too high its messured at 2.7mm low E? No buzzing I put shim under locking nut that's fine but 12th frett seems a little high but I could live with it intonation is all good,what would u do my friend
If I set action say too,2.4mm and if frett buzz is back,do u recommend adjustment on kneck again my friend,it plays good no buzz but I think I could bring action down couple mm to feel more comfortable
@@paulyoung4781 Remember there should be a little bit of fret buzz. That is the nature of the electric guitar and the action. What you are after is making sure that it is not fretting out and you keep you sustain. All my guitars have a little fret buzz and a little bit will not come through the amp. Set you action down and as long as it is not fretting out then you should be good.
fret buzz you say? I have 3 frets that sound the exact same note?? second string, the 21-22-23 fret. zero videos on this topic. wow. I dont want to go for high action, you know so what to do now.
Yeah that one is a little harder to explain.....but I am doing a video on this very thing.....and I will try and do it in the next day or two. The problem as I am sure you have guessed is that you either have a high fret or a low fret....both which cause buzzing but on different frets. You have to use a fret rocker - a piece of steel block - to find which is the problem fret and if it is high or low. If it is low you have to have the fret lifted....but the better solution is to remove it and put in another one then file to size. If it is a high fret you just have to file that one down to size. Give me a couple of days and I will go into my woodshop, cut some 4x4's and use them as frets on a huge guitar and give a demo on exactly how to do this.
@@TraceTaylor3 ya well it's way more than that. I have a fret rocker, bin filling for two days trying to fix this. it's crazy now my high E from the 16th to the 22 on a 24 fret guitar well they are all playing the same dead note. lol everything is straigh with a super small normal bow. I like low as possible action. everywere is fine except for there. and on the b string the 20th and 21th are also doing the same note. I dont want to turn up the bridge cause I like the action low. anyway I did make it go up some and it doesnt make anything better. I'm thinking it a bite of a twisted neck. I stop trying now. I was tapping and filling to no big changes. I will half to take it to a luthier and see what he thinks. might need to refret some. it sucks because it's a old guitar bought second hand for a good price. it will cost the same price to get it fixed. when you have 12 guitars you hope to fix stuff yourself. I also have a Charvel that I have had to shim the neck like crazy and still the action is to high. the floyd was replaced by a luthier because it was an older type and did not keep in tune but the guy put a type of floyd that is sitting so high on the guitar that the action sucks now and I cant bring it down. grrrrr. I will aslo show that one to the luthier next week if I can find one that is not booked like crazy. anyway the fret on the first one the Kramer are all straigh with each other so why are they playing the same note?? and 5-6 in a row lol like theres no video on this at all. people need to stop saying oh it's just a high fret that does that. I dont think so. old wood can do tricks on you and some are just not fixable I bet ya that much!
@@christineblack4654 Yeah if the neck has even the slightest twist.....it is trashed. And old guitars if not properly stored and taken care of, the necks will move like crazy....especially in really dry areas. Whenever I store a guitar I loosen the strings completely to keep it from constantly pulling in the neck. If you go to the luthier and he says the neck it twisted....depending on the cost it may not be worth fixing. But luckily there are millions of necks out there to buy....even B necks that you can get really cheap...the problem is making it all fit correctly. that sucks dude. Nothing worse then getting on of the unsolvable issues on the guitar. Yeah and I doubt you find many if any videos on that.
You won't be getting a "penny" width action on anything under a 17' radius. Keep in mind his guitar has a very flat neck radius. Try for something around 1 to 1.5mm on a strat or LP.
My EVH does have a 15° flat radius. The penny comes out to be right around 3/64 and both my Ibanez have 15.75 and it works just as well for those. If you’re going under a 12° radius then it won’t work that well but anything over 15 you should be pretty good
Actually I just stuck a penny under the 12th on my schecter and it has a 15 inch radius. Its exactly a penny width so yes it will work on 15 but you better have some good fret work and a good setup or you'll get to much buzz.
@@nefariouspreludev2.046 Yes. Good frets are a must with a good setup. I always measure mine off but if I need to check it real quick I just use a penny to see if I need to do some adjustments.
You can raise the bridge but that is only half of the equation. the goal is to get the neck as straight as possible. A good setup is a combination of the neck adjustment and the bridge adjustment. If your neck has a backbow then you can raise the bridge all the way up and it will not correct the problem. At that point you have to add a little relief to the neck then adjust the bridge accordingly.
True...and I mention in a later video that you will get to the point to where you will do it by feel....but on the front end....people new to setting up a guitar need guidelines. they don't know yet what the feel is.
Honestly, he is wherever I am and I am so used to him getting in my videos I don't even notice it anymore. My earlier videos had a million cuts because he would always put his face in the camera or in my face. But I did not realize that. Funny. Thanks for watching.
I thought to add relief you loosen it which is to turn it left not right? Or is it the perspective that’s confusing me like stage left and actual left lol
Your question got me thinking about how many times I get asked this question....so I did a video...ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_ApQ5LFjphE.html
Hey guys how are you doing? After all the trial and error. I found the problem to my buzz headache. The problem was the pick guard plate was tight. But not tight enough. The vibration of the entire guitar was making the pickguard rattle. I also lowered the pick up height.
Really? Wow. That must have been maddening. Who would have thought that that would have been the issue. But at least you got it fixed. Rock on brother.
@@TraceTaylor3 This is what I did: I held the front pick up with one. From the edge of the pick up. While striking the string and fret that was supposedly buzzing. That's how I figured out the problem.
