RaveFromTheGrave!!!
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I've seen a few ppl on the board recommend books for setups in the past. Would anyone mind repeating what some good setup books are and what they talk about? I put together a Jazzmaster a few months ago, it has 3 p-90s and has the potential to be a pretty awesome guitar. Unfortunately after I put it together it was in need of some setup beyond the normal maintenance that the casual player performs keeping his gear straight. It needs the following things: (feel free to impart your wisdom beyond what the books say here as well)
a) Needs a fret filing. I was willing to take a swing at the tape off and file down the neck sequentially approach. You use a long file, and the number of passes that the upper register frets get accumulates in the process. But before I took a swing at it, I started thinking that the changing contour of warmoth necks would cause problems with this approach.
b) Needs a neck adjustment. It seems like it has an unusual amount of bow even without any adjustment.
c) The jazzmaster hardware rattles, even with the buzz stop. Does not bother me pre-setup, and is a problem that I can fix on my own. I have to say that I am not impressed with the Jazzmaster Bridge. Seems like the bridge prevents a lot of the resonance that could be going on with this axe.
Anyways, this is the shortlist of setup problems that I'm dealing with, please recommend some good setup books that will prevent an inexperienced first shot. Also if anyone wants to give me some tips, that would be great! Thanks for your input!
a) Needs a fret filing. I was willing to take a swing at the tape off and file down the neck sequentially approach. You use a long file, and the number of passes that the upper register frets get accumulates in the process. But before I took a swing at it, I started thinking that the changing contour of warmoth necks would cause problems with this approach.
b) Needs a neck adjustment. It seems like it has an unusual amount of bow even without any adjustment.
c) The jazzmaster hardware rattles, even with the buzz stop. Does not bother me pre-setup, and is a problem that I can fix on my own. I have to say that I am not impressed with the Jazzmaster Bridge. Seems like the bridge prevents a lot of the resonance that could be going on with this axe.
Anyways, this is the shortlist of setup problems that I'm dealing with, please recommend some good setup books that will prevent an inexperienced first shot. Also if anyone wants to give me some tips, that would be great! Thanks for your input!