Is This Where I'd Use Neck Shims?

[Moreau]

The e string on my jazz bass has much more extra fretboard above the string than my g string does below. Does that make sense? Would I use neck shims to move the neck more to the g side? Thanks.

[32251]

I may not be quite understanding your description, but are you saying that as you look at the G and E string at the end of the neck, there is not the same alignment on the outside of each string? If this is what you are talking about, then just take a good sized Phillips screwdriver and back off the screws at the neck plate about one good turn each and then hold the body with one hand and "lever" over the neck until the strings line up like you like. Hold it there and tighten up the screws. You will figure out how to do this with a little trial and error. Sometimes you can just hold the guitar in your lap and give the neck a good whack with your fist in the direction you want and it will stay there until you retighten the screws. The Fender pocket has enough "slop" in it to allow you to adjust the neck side to side a little. On Fender guitars, it is better to skew a little so that the bass strings are closer to the edge and the treble are more to the inside of the frets for some "wiggle" room when playing up high on the treble strings. You don't play up so high on the bass strings so you just sacrifice that.

In as much a basses are concerned I would set it up with good eveness from from the edge on the G and E string. Hope this is the info you were looking for.

[Moreau]

so i dont need to shim it? thanks