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Location: Morristown, NJ | Does anyone know a place in NJ where I can take my Legend for a set up? I just bought it used and it's got real high action. Maybe it just has too many shims but I'd like someone who knows what they are doing to check the neck, adjust the truss rod, and clean it up, etc... actually right now i can't tell if the neck is twisted or bent or if it just needs a slight adjustment...
so anyone in North Jersey or NYC I can bring this to? |
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Location: Brisbane Australia | Alpep is in NJ.......call Al.
Why don't you do it yourself?.......a basic setup is pretty easy to do.
What model Legend?
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Location: Morristown, NJ | it's a 1988 1767 - the action is REAL high near near the sound hole - so tell me what to do and i'll do it.... |
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Location: SoCal | Take a picture of it. Let's see how high the saddle is.... |
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Location: Morristown, NJ | i took off the strings, and the saddle and removed 2 of the 3 shims... I'm going to clean off the fretboard with some sort of lemon oil (there's some green mold along the frets) then i'm going ot tighten the truss rod a teensey bit and re string it... hopefully this works and i dont screw it up. |
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Location: Hanau, Hessen, Germany | Before you tighten the rod you should try to see if removing the shims was enough and maybe remove the third shim as well. Maybe that will do it already. |
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Location: Nashville TN. | Set up in NJ......
Sound like a new HBO series |
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Location: Morristown, NJ | ok - so remove all 3 shims before I start turning the rod?
Set up like a bowling pin in NJ... |
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Location: Hanau, Hessen, Germany | Yeah, you should restring it before turning the rod. Removing the shims could be enough. You can leave the last shim inside and restring it. If the action is still too high, just lower the strings a lot and remove the last shim. Check again. If it's still too high you can start to think about the rod. |
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Location: Hanau, Hessen, Germany | *Edit: It's actually easier to remove all shims, then restring, and if the action should be too low then, detune and put one shim back in. Sorry. |
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Location: Morristown, NJ | awesome - thanks! I will follow up tonight... |
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Location: Hanau, Hessen, Germany | I'm crossing my fingers. Let us know if it worked out. |
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Location: Brisbane Australia | Did you check the neck relief before you took the strings off?
You need to establish what the neck relief is before you start screwing with the truss rod and no more than a quarter turn at a time.
If you didn't measure it before taking the strings off make sure when you restring it you give the neck time to settle.
Did you measure the string heights at the nut?
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Location: Morristown, NJ | hey guys - i removed 2 of the three shims and re-strung the guitar.. i didnt touch the truss rod.. guitar is freakin MINT. by far my favorite guitar now. thanks for the help! |
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| Thats why you keep all the shims in the case from day one.
This leads to the 2nd lesson of Setup 101.
Some players like thick strings,some dont.Basic math.
Add,remove shims to fit YOUR needs.
Play. |
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Location: Hanau, Hessen, Germany | Originally posted by drift:
hey guys - i removed 2 of the three shims and re-strung the guitar.. i didnt touch the truss rod.. guitar is freakin MINT. by far my favorite guitar now. thanks for the help! :) I was hoping to hear this! Great news. Now enjoy your baby! |
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Setup in NJ??
