New Tele

[spauldingrules]

I finally got all of my new tele stuff (except the pickups, which I am still undecided on), and I am almost done fninishing the eck, which is a Warmoth Pro..  Now, what do you normally do as far as putting on a brand new neck?  One quarter turn at the bottom screw clockwise, then slap it on and adjust from the side?  I have had bad luck - it always seems to take me a lot of adjusting (not the neck's fault - it's mine).  I know I need to wait two weeks after putting the strings on to do final adjustments, because at first I had a hard time getting the truss loose enough, but the string tension will pull it into shape, especially since I am into bigger strings now.

SOOOO..... one quarter clockwise at the bottom, wait two weeks, then adjust from the side?  Sound right?  I would just like to get the bottom screw "right" so I don't have to unnecessarily remove the neck, which is a pain.

Thanks,

TS

 

[jackthehack]

Never start out by making some arbitrary adjustment, every neck is a little different; many of the Warmoth necks I've received needed no adjustment at all out of the box. About 20-25% of the necks I've received needed no adjustment at all.

Use a metal straight edge of some sort (I use a modded architect's T-square) long enough to touch every fret and check the neck for "true" down all frets, adjust accordingly if you have a little over/under-bow.

Mount the neck and string/tune it up and check it again after a couple of days with normal string tension on the neck. You may need to do another minor readjustment. Some times you might need to pull the neck back off; there are only 4 screws involved, that's not really in the category I's call "pain"...

 

[vanhagar]

Hey Jack, I usually use 11's on my guitar, would it be better to start off with the strings I'm used to or something lighter to break the neck in so to speak.

 

[jackthehack]

Hey Jack, I usually use 11's on my guitar, would it be better to start off with the strings I'm used to or something lighter to break the neck in so to speak.

Use the strings that you are going to be using; if you use lighter strings you might have to make an additional adjustment when you move to thicker gauge; you won't gain anything trying to set it up with a lighter gauge, and will lose time readjusting the set up.