Alright so it's been years now and I still can't set my JEM up how I like. I don't have the money to send it out to someone or else I would so I figure maybe some feedback from people who know better than I do would help.
I've been setting up my other guitars just fine for years but this JEM is a pain. I have it set to Drop Bb and here are the tension at the moment.
Scale Length 25.5"
C .013" PL == 17.27#
G, .017" PL == 16.57#
D,# .026" PB == 22.24#
A,,# .036" PB == 24.55#
F,, .046" PB == 22.35#
A,,,# .064" PB == 18.72#
total == 121.69#
A lot of tension on the strings. Especially the A#
These were spare string from a 7 string set and a .064 I had laying around.
At the 7th fret i have .017" of space which is a lot in most cases and the action on the low R is 2.33mm or .090"
This is very strange to be getting all this buzz up and down the neck. I have tried everything and the truss rod won't go much tighter without more force and I'm already turning it little by little each hour and it won't straighten out the neck anymore than where it's at. Actually it's always been about .017". I'm afraid there might be something wrong with the rod..but if the rod is broken won't it never tighten all the way? Not sure what's going on but maybe you guys can help.
The buzz happens at around 4-14th frets on the low E, A, D, strings.
Any help would be appreciated.