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AxAxSxS wrote:Use a metal straight edge to check if it is really straight. You don't totally want it to be 100 percent straight. I found this pic with a quick search that illustrates what I mean-



If the neck is set up correctly and there is still buzz, then in my experience either the strings are way to light for the tuning or the frets need some work.
You can check for highspots using a sharpie to color all the frets and then taking a very fine file and passing it back and forth along the length of the neck. This will reveal any low spots and by extension if any of the frets are to high. I use crowning files like these-


and will slowly remove some of the metal from the high frets and will recheck frequently. basically you want to be sure to not remove to much metal as you cant replace it.

Once I am close I use a leveling file to get it dead on and then one last pass with the crowning file over all the frets so that they have the correct curvature where they contact the strings. You don't want the fret to be completely flat.

The files are pretty cheap and can be gotten from ebay for less than stewmac charges. A good investment. I recommend practicing on a basket case cheapo guitar. You might just turn that into a player if you work it right the first time.

Apologies if this is unclear or I explained something wrong, TJ might be better at this than I am

Ancient Astronaught wrote:

conky wrote:I need to set up my Tele for these heavier strings. The action is super high and I still get some buzzing. The neck looks straight just by eyeballing it, but I'm kinda scared to fuck with it. Any tips? I wanna get the action as low as I can.

Did you file the nut? I use the ends of the strings that usually get cut off and use them as a file for each slot, that way each slot is exactly the size for the string your using, and i just file it until it hits the bottom that the lighter gauge strings usually hit. This is easy on a plastic or graphite but a lil harder on bone or tusq nuts. I was able to get ridiculously low action with my tele using .11-.54 strings, lower then the dearmonds action Ryan is raving about. Oh and BTW its airly normal for tele's buzz with a maple fretboard, its a part of their tone.

samzadgan wrote:I'm just gonna leave this here...its not great, but I'm really stoked with the lead guitarist joining the band...things are starting to sound a lot fuller and we are really starting to put together some good music...we just need to add lyrics...and of course practice the shit out of the songs...

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sergiomunoz74 wrote:So I was lurking around the ultimate guitar forum and found a guy looking or an amp for sludge/doom. Somehow I got dismissed because I didn't tell him to get a modern orange with channels and reverb unit. Laney be damned they just want splawns and deizels for sludge. Never going back to that scary place again.

So after trading my verbazilla for a tremulous line and then trading thst for a blackout effectors mantra and then trading that for an ocd v3 and damnnnnnn Nick was right ocd plus rat is fucking intense they just mix so perfectly.

sergiomunoz74 wrote:Yeah I decided to lurk here for giggles after looking at some cool post on a post rock board but then I recently decided to venture off to a different thread and then it was god awful but if they are all kids I won't bash em too hard spending parents money on super expensive but meh amps is what floats there boats then cool

AngryGoldfish wrote:Did you go to a luthier school or have you just picked things up on the way to becoming The Wood Wizard?

The Wood Wizard wrote:

AngryGoldfish wrote:
And Ryan Im in CT, right near the border to NY (check the member map we made bro!) , Im Willin to help ya out provided theres no poop involved. Would not go wild....NOt at my house at least lol.