mryydin

Responding to Octave Doctor. This is the same problem I am having. Is .010 a good relief on a new neck? The stuff I have been reading says .05 (so thats what I have been going by). Right now my relief is at about .08. I did notice that my fret buzz was the least when the neck was close to flat and the bridge was higher. But I keep reading conflicting advice. Some say that you should only adjust the action at the bridge and the nut and that relief is only due to personal preference or playing style. However, I am just trying to eliminate the buzz I'm seeing due to heavy attack. The neck I am working on is a new Warmoth compound radius and I'm pretty sure the frets are level (using a straight edge) so I shouldn't be seeing the amount of problems I am having. I have tried adding relief and lowering the bridge and lessening relief and raising the bridge. Hope I'm posting this in the right place. If .01 is the magic relief number than I am been going about this all wrong. Thanks, Mryydin