killemall8 Posted September 10, 2007 Report Share Posted September 10, 2007 on one of my guitars im working on i am having problems with neck angle. with a 1 degree angle th strings are still sky high off the board, but the strings still hit the last 8 frets, like it is a really dramatic angle. ive tried a higher and lower neck angle, and nothing works. whats wrong? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegarehanman Posted September 10, 2007 Report Share Posted September 10, 2007 (edited) sounds like you may have a bowed neck. check it out with a straight edge and get back to us. EDIT: When you say "off the board," you do mean fretboard, right? Or are you talking about an acoustic guitar and a (sound)board? Edited September 10, 2007 by thegarehanman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killemall8 Posted September 10, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2007 (edited) sounds like you may have a bowed neck. check it out with a straight edge and get back to us. EDIT: When you say "off the board," you do mean fretboard, right? Or are you talking about an acoustic guitar and a (sound)board? yes, FRET board. sorry for not making it clear. nope, neck is dead straight. tried multiple adjustments, and just cant get it. EDIT: got it a little better, but still hits the high frets if you go too low on the action. Edited September 10, 2007 by killemall8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Setch Posted September 10, 2007 Report Share Posted September 10, 2007 The strings will plot a very straight line, and if the neck is also flat, you should not get the problem you describe. The only way for the action to be high, but for the strings to hit the high frets, is if the neck has too much relief or if the nut action is massively high. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doug Posted September 10, 2007 Report Share Posted September 10, 2007 That's what I was think too, Setch. Sounds like the nut is way too high causing the strings to get closer to the fingerboard as you get closer to the bridge instead of the other way around. Fret your strings at the second fret and see how much gap there is between the srting and the top of the first fret. It should (personal preference) be just about touching the fret. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erikbojerik Posted September 10, 2007 Report Share Posted September 10, 2007 Put a capo between 2nd and 3rd frets, and use a feeler gauge to see how much of a gap you have....it should be a gap so small that you can't see it easily by eye, you need to use the feeler gauge. As Doug said this is a matter of personal preference, but I shoot for a gap ~0.002 or less, but not touching the first fret (i.e. you can still "hammer" the string onto the first fret between #1 and #2 and still hear a high-pitched tone). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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