As long as your not cutting or drilling on your guitar,
try many different things, as this is the best way to learn about your guitar,
trial and error is a very good teacher.

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1986 Kramer Baretta
1989 Samick "The Samick" Les Paul
2007 Fender Strat MIM Deluxe / 1985 MIJ neck
1990 Epiphone Strat
Marshall JCM 2000 DLS 50 watt / Marshall 1960a 4x12

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thanks blue sky, you helped a lot

an jim trial and error does help

will try a .010" shim on the two front screws of the neck, i am hoping to achieve raising the height of the strings there by allowing me to lower the screws especially on the #3 and #4 string which is almost at max
personally i find fender made a very poor design with a plate bent in a upside down V with 2 screws on either side, very flimsy and unstable. all they had to do extra was to make a counter sunk hole where the screw fall on the plate below
is there a better design that can replace this setup

Dave
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You're welcome.

The Fender saddle has been around for 58 years. A lot of people seem to think Leo did it right.

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I've cut and drilled on all of my guitars to get what I want.

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You're welcome.

The Fender saddle has been around for 58 years. A lot of people seem to think Leo did it right. [/quote]


oh no did not mean he did something wrong
was just see an area for improvement

DAVE
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Try these. I use them on all my guitars (except for my AVRI 52 Tele).

http://store.guitarfetish.com/Upgrade-S ... p_773.html

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Just a thought. Is this the original neck that came with the guitar.?
if not, then you may have heel issues being too thick.

as for cutting or drilling, not recommended for beginners.
unless you payed under $100 for the guitar...

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1986 Kramer Baretta
1989 Samick "The Samick" Les Paul
2007 Fender Strat MIM Deluxe / 1985 MIJ neck
1990 Epiphone Strat
Marshall JCM 2000 DLS 50 watt / Marshall 1960a 4x12

https://soundcloud.com/jim-slimjim-cassi

+1 If you are new at this and very handy, patient, have a good ear and the right tools I'd say do it yourself. But on the other hand if you are not familiar with all of this adjustment stuff, I'd say find a good luthier.

Good Luck!

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1975 Sunburst Stratocaster rosewood finger board
1979 Stratocaster with roseowood finder board
2001 Candy Green Clapton Stratocaster
2007 Andy Summers Inspired Telecaster
2007 '51 P-Bass
2012 Taylor 110
2015 Mystic Ice Blue Deluxe Stratocaster Plus

decided to start over and changed the strings, went thru the setup and when i reached
- the string height, found string height too high,
- also noticed that the loose feeling i was getting on the strings as compared to my acoustic was gone.
- all the little buzzing sounds i was getting, gone
even though i am a green beginner, it sound and plays different ( better )

did i put on a defective set of strings on last week?
did i put the strings on better and did not realise it?

What really going on

Dave
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