carlosnelson Posted August 20, 2008 Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 It's been a while since I built my guitar, which was a replica of Prince's Cloud Guitar. It's been done since earlier this year but i've played it maybe 4 times & was not satisfied with it 4 some reason. What the problem is the strings should be close to the fretboard & they are but only up top. As u go down the fretboard the strings start to get farther away from the fretboard & both pickups. I tried drilling the bridge-pin holes deeper but it's still not right. What should I do? Thank u in advance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAGGOTBRAIN Posted August 20, 2008 Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 Im thinking you might need to recess the bridge into the body...What bridge did you use?...Sounds like you need more of angle on the neck... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geo Posted August 21, 2008 Report Share Posted August 21, 2008 If it's a bolt-on neck, just put a shim in the bridge-end of the pocket. Try something around 0.5-2mm. You don't have enough back-angle to the neck, or your bridge is too high. (Really this is the same problem, but there are two approaches--change neck angle or lower bridge. You choose which is easier for your design.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaycee Posted August 21, 2008 Report Share Posted August 21, 2008 Sounds like a neck angle problem to me. If the actiom near the nut is good and it get higher toward the bridge, lowering the bridge could cause the strings to buzz on the frets nearer the nut. If that is the case you need to angle the neck pocket, as the other guys have said put some shims in there if it is a bolt on and take it from there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlosnelson Posted May 23, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2009 Sounds like a neck angle problem to me. If the actiom near the nut is good and it get higher toward the bridge, lowering the bridge could cause the strings to buzz on the frets nearer the nut. If that is the case you need to angle the neck pocket, as the other guys have said put some shims in there if it is a bolt on and take it from there Hate 2 sound stupid, but what is a shim? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anderekel Posted May 23, 2009 Report Share Posted May 23, 2009 Sounds like a neck angle problem to me. If the actiom near the nut is good and it get higher toward the bridge, lowering the bridge could cause the strings to buzz on the frets nearer the nut. If that is the case you need to angle the neck pocket, as the other guys have said put some shims in there if it is a bolt on and take it from there Hate 2 sound stupid, but what is a shim? Just a little wedge of wood (some people use playing cards, part of a cigarette pack, whatever) that you would put at the end of the neck pocket to angle the neck a little bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
borge Posted May 24, 2009 Report Share Posted May 24, 2009 If the actiom near the nut is good and it get higher toward the bridge, lowering the bridge could cause the strings to buzz on the frets nearer the nut. If that is the case you need to angle the neck pocket, lowering the bridge and adding neck angle do the same thing: lessen the string-nut-FB angle. ie if you lower the bridge and buzz occurs the same buzz will occur if you had angled the neck instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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