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  1. Thanks for posting this for our members
  2. I think you'll have to remember that there is also a time barrier that new members have to put up with as far as posting. We put that in a long time ago to curb flaming post's. They have to wait for time to pass between post's. It's also there to prevent messenger spamming, remember when we had a problem with new members joining just to spam everyone's PM box? 10 seems to work fine and a new member can make his or her post count even in the off topics section........
  3. Before adjusting anything make sure your guitar is strung up correctly and that your neck has the correct amount of relief and is not excessively bowed or warped. If your neck is bowed you first need to adjust the truss rod and check that the nut is good. If your neck is warped it will require a more extensive repair. Also check that the angle of the tremolo unit is correctly set and not floating at an angle. This would require setting up prior to any work on the rest of the instrument. In general it is recommended that all other avenues of instrument setup are checked before resorting to the use of shims otherwise one can easily end up going backwards and forwards finding that adjustment of one things changes those of another! Shimming a neck should be the last resort if all other setup adjustments run out of usable range. Try to imagine the strings of your guitar as a flat plane and the fretboard as a parallel plane running underneath them. The angle of the top plane which contains the strings is controlled by the position of the tremolo unit and the nut. The angle of the lower plane which is the the fret board is controlled by the neck pocket of the body. If your setup is perfect these two planes will have a more or less equal distance between them at any point. If your guitar doesn't look this way try adjusting the height of the tremolo bridge unit first. This will usually take care of the problem unless you find your action becoming too high or too low equally across the length of the fret board. If adjusting the height of the bridge corrects the problem but leaves you with too high or low of an action (distance between the strings and fretboard) or the bridge unit is left excessively high or low then you will need to to use shims to adjust specific areas of the instrument's geometry. Shims are commonly used in two different areas of the neck. One is under the nut and the other is directly under the heel in the neck pocket of the body. Nut shims are usually made out of one or more thin sheets of metal such as brass or steel. Shims located in the neck pocket are usually made out of wood rather than metal as the pressure between the two mating faces can deform the wood of the neck or body. In either case you can produce your own shim by using a sheet of paper, a business card or preferably a slice of hardwood veneer such as Maple. For shims in the neck pocket you might need to fold or layer paper stock 3-4 times to get the required thickness needed then trim to fit properly. Softer cardboard stock may compress in use creating a thinner shim than expected. A nut shim acts as a spacer between the nut and neck raising and lowering the distance of all of the strings at the headstock end. A neck pocket shim acts as a spacer between the neck and body, changing the angle from which the neck protrudes out away from the body. First determine if the distance between the strings and fretboard is too close either at the headstock end of the neck and remedy this if so. This can be determined by fretting the strings at the 3rd fret (or fitting a capo) and measuring the clearance between the first fret's crown and the strings. In the case of the string clearance being too low under the first fret, progressively add shims under the nut until a clearance of at least 0.005"/0,13mm is achieved with the strings fretted as described. You can now fret strings at the first fret (or move the capo here) and adjust the bridge height until the strings are a more equal distance from the fret board down the entire length of the neck. If adjusting the distance between the strings and the fretboard at the body end requires an excessive correction in bridge height you can place shims in the neck pocket to create a more appropriate neck angle and correct this problem. If the strings are higher on one side or the bridge sits at an uneven angle side-to-side, placing a shim in the neck pocket parallel with the length of the neck on the respective side raises the entire neck down that side when the neck is reattached. It is important to check that the neck does not possess any kind of twist or warp as this cannot generally be corrected through simple adjustment/shimming and will require professional repair. If the bridge is set too low in the body a shim can be fitted at the back end of the neck pocket (the end nearest to the bridge) to increase the neck angle. The opposite approach can be taken if the bridge is set too high on the body. A slice of veneer cut to cover the entire surface of the neck pocket can be progressively sanded thinner at one end to achieve a more permanent angled shim however creating layered paper shims is often more than adequate. In some instances you might find that you need the shim to raise only one corner of the two planes as described above. In these cases make a smaller shim and place it in the appropriate area of the neck pocket. Of course upon removing the nut from the neck or the neck from the body, if you find a shim already there determine what action it was doing in the first place then make the necessary corrections using as few shims as possible.
  4. Here you go and thanks for the heads up> http://www.projectguitar.com/menu/gallery.htm
  5. First of all a BIG Thank You to pauliemc for the Donation to help keep Project Guitar and the Forum running.... On another note Thank You Prostheta for taking on the responsibility of dealing with the forum software problems, he has been upgraded to an Administrator so he has the ability to tweak the system and keep it running smoothly............
  6. With any upgrade there are bound to be a few problems, I just upgraded Prostheta to an Admin position so he can take care of the problems....
  7. Hi Guy's, First of all I'm not up against the rails but any help is appreciated. There are two Paypal address that you can send your donations too. Either Donate@projectguitar.com or My personal email address becalvert@hotmail.com Somebody asked a little while ago how much it takes to keep Project Guitar.com going, the answer is simple, The main website is $19.95 a month and the forum runs $29.95 a month. Personally it's worth it to me because I learn so much and when it comes to the forum I really do like a place to go that isn't filled with banners and ad's like all of the older places I used to (and sometimes still do) visit. They take forever to load just check out this one. This forum was down for a little while last week due to a server issue which has been taken care of. The only other time in many years it was down was because I forgot to update my credit card info with the host. I have nothing but praise for them, they treat us like gods and if there is a problem they are on it. The forum will go down again but only for a short time for upgrades to the software.
  8. Just a heads up and a BIG Thank You to Alan Bennett, Our Souls inc. and Kevin Layzell.......... I know it has been a tough time lately for everyone but these three members have made donations this year to help keep this froum and the website up and running... Peace, Brian
  9. Yup, On more then one occastion some older established members would get upset with the forum for some reason and start editing every post they had made which of course messed up the threads for people that really were interested in learning something.
  10. The spammers are back in droves, were killing them and their posts as fast as we can but if they post in this section it shows up in the new's up top.
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