Shimming the neck of your guitar

George · Post by **George** » Fri Jun 01, 2012 5:22 pm

Fran wrote:
George wrote:Righto. I can't seem to get lower than standard fender action though (which is decent and an improvement I suppose). Do you guys go for the standard neck relief of 0.010" at 8th fret Or do you go straighter because of the shim?
I go quite straight, maybe a dip of about 1.5mm around the 8th fret.

With first and last fret depressed?

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Fri Jun 01, 2012 7:32 pm

George wrote:
Fran wrote:
George wrote:Righto. I can't seem to get lower than standard fender action though (which is decent and an improvement I suppose). Do you guys go for the standard neck relief of 0.010" at 8th fret Or do you go straighter because of the shim?
I go quite straight, maybe a dip of about 1.5mm around the 8th fret.
With first and last fret depressed?

Yes.

laterallateral · Post by **laterallateral** » Fri Jun 01, 2012 7:46 pm

I've got one of these shimming the Hagstrom, right now. I had to snap off the points with some pliers to get it to fit flush in the pocket but it worked out really well.

othomas2 · Post by **othomas2** » Fri Jun 01, 2012 8:46 pm

Nice one Fran,

I've shimmed many guitar myself now.... and it's by far one of the best improvements out there.

A shim along with minimal relief, can turn a stinker of a guitar into a really good one.

As Frankensein once said....

"She's ALIVE"