Evening all - while wasting time on a Saturday night trawling through The Gear Page (yeah yeah, I know, but there are some really clever people there in amongst all the corksniffers...) I came across this little top tip:
Originally Posted by walterw
i will say that when i'm setting up a bolt-on anything from any company, one step is to loosen the screws a 1/4 turn or so while it's strung to pitch so the strings can pull the neck tight into the pocket. (then i retighten, of course.) usually i'll hear a slight creak and the guitar will go a little flat, telling me the neck was in fact not hard against the pocket. the instrument will usually sound a little better, a little more "solid" if you will, after this is done.
Apparently, this was G&L's secret weapon factory setup, and I tried it on my tele and sure enough got a nice little creak. My ears of tin can discern no particular difference, but that's by the by; sometimes I can't tell if my muff's on or not. One thing he does warn about is that if you have a shimmed neck, they may come out of position, but my tele was OK. Just thought that with many of us doing our own setups, you'd appreciate the top tip.
Mad props to WalterW - any US Shortscalers in Va. Beach, pop in his shop and tell him hello from me.
Funny little setup tip
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