the neck is straight as an arrow, but action is still pretty high. should i place a shim between neck and body and readjust action? ive setup my guitar many times, gotten pretty good at it. however its my 1st time shimming a neck.
your thoughts and opinions are appreciated...
thanks,
blues

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oogway, kungfu panda 2008

If you can't lower the saddles any further, you may want to shim the neck. Also, it is possible there is already a shim in the neck making the action high.

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There needs to be some bow in the neck. Get your neck relief sorted out properly .012" is what I use mostly. It's unlikely that your neck needs shimming as a string height adjustment method. The grub screws on the saddles are for that.

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well it has a 12 inch radius, its at .010 moreor less, eyeballing it looks pretty straight.
however, took me several weeks to get the neck relief perfect, since it has a vintage style trussrod.
ive lowered the action at the bridge and i get buzzing at certain frets its not really high, but higher than my other strats.
ill take accurate measurements today after work and post them.

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oogway, kungfu panda 2008

If you have frets buzzing then you certainly dont want to shim the neck at all ever. With all respect to Arcarix, shimming the headstock end of the neck pocket is about the only shim that will raise action. It's not a popular mod in my experience. Anyone seeking to raise the neck is better served by re-flooring the neck pocket.

First off before you do anything you need to get that neck relief correct. I would take no notice as to fender specs regarding radius to relief. Radius plays little part in how much relief you need. Technique and how hard you hit the strings does.

My gig guitars where I'm apt to beat the hell out of em get set as high as .018" relief. My home guitars go down to .008". I only ever play very softly round the house and never use a plectrum. Consequently the string vibrates less and needs less room to move.

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No no and no

my strat doesnt buzz right now, only when i lower the action.
ill recheck the neck relief, action and readjust if needed and recheck intonation. no shimming then, glad i checked with my trusted peeps
thanks niki your advice is always appreciated.

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