aizenx
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Hey guys,
So here's the situation: I'm a long time Warmoth enthusiast and one of my builds has a roasted maple modern tiltback neck. Recently, I noticed a slight issue in my action/setup - i.e. my high E string started sounding like a sitar when plucked on the open string. It didn't used to do this. So, I thought to myself, "no problem, probably just the change in weather, I'll just set it up again and make the needed adjustments" (I've been doing my own setups for years now). I reset everything and now it plays and sounds great again.
Now here's the strange part - I'm noticing that I can now feel (very slightly) the "seam" in the back of the neck on the scarf joint where the 2 different woods meet. I was certain that I didn't feel it before, at least I am pretty confident. All my other Warmoth's with tiltbacks (3 others) do not have a seam that I can feel at all. They're totally smooth.
So anyway, long story short, I'm wondering if the neck shifted and the scarf joint is loosening (or wasn't properly glued in the first place), which is what has caused the change in action/setup to cause the E string to sound out of whack. I could just be being paranoid, but I'm hoping that nothing else happens again. I'll know for sure if the setup changes again soon. I just hope that it's not separating and maybe it's just the 2 different types of wood expanding or contracting which is causing the seam to be able to be felt.
Has anyone else had an issue similar to this? I'm just wondering whether I should just play it and forget about it, or should I contact Warmoth to see what they have to say?
Thanks in advance.
So here's the situation: I'm a long time Warmoth enthusiast and one of my builds has a roasted maple modern tiltback neck. Recently, I noticed a slight issue in my action/setup - i.e. my high E string started sounding like a sitar when plucked on the open string. It didn't used to do this. So, I thought to myself, "no problem, probably just the change in weather, I'll just set it up again and make the needed adjustments" (I've been doing my own setups for years now). I reset everything and now it plays and sounds great again.
Now here's the strange part - I'm noticing that I can now feel (very slightly) the "seam" in the back of the neck on the scarf joint where the 2 different woods meet. I was certain that I didn't feel it before, at least I am pretty confident. All my other Warmoth's with tiltbacks (3 others) do not have a seam that I can feel at all. They're totally smooth.
So anyway, long story short, I'm wondering if the neck shifted and the scarf joint is loosening (or wasn't properly glued in the first place), which is what has caused the change in action/setup to cause the E string to sound out of whack. I could just be being paranoid, but I'm hoping that nothing else happens again. I'll know for sure if the setup changes again soon. I just hope that it's not separating and maybe it's just the 2 different types of wood expanding or contracting which is causing the seam to be able to be felt.
Has anyone else had an issue similar to this? I'm just wondering whether I should just play it and forget about it, or should I contact Warmoth to see what they have to say?
Thanks in advance.
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