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  • Gus K June 6, 2019 at 11:07am

    Many guitar techs purposely induce a small amount of relief (bow) in the neck. A perfectly straight neck requires a light touch when picking.

    • Craig Cole > Gus K June 6, 2019 at 11:09am

      Thanks for the info.

    • Taffy Evans > Craig Cole June 9, 2019 at 5:12pm

      Hi, the bow or relief in the neck is normally measured in 1000ths of an inch at the 7th fret, and is different for different set ups. If you have 1/16 to 1/8" I'd say that neck is crap. I would set relief at around  10 thousandths of an inch. I use feeler gauges. 

      With a bow in the fingerboard one normally has the have a higher action to avoid fretting out (buzzing) at the high end, which in turn affects intonation. Can you get the neck exchanged.

      Taff

    • Taffy Evans > Taffy Evans June 9, 2019 at 7:18pm

      Hi again, I should mention that the relief {bow] is measure over the 7th fret with the 1st and 12th fret held down. The fingerboard can then be seen to bow away from the straight string. On a long scale you would fret higher than the 12th fret.

      Taff 

    • Craig Cole > Taffy Evans June 11, 2019 at 10:24am

      Taff - it's a fretless neck (strictly slide) and sounds great. Replaced the Flying Bridge with a piece of threaded rod . Lowered my strings a bit and seems to be fine.

    • Taffy Evans > Craig Cole June 11, 2019 at 4:20pm

      Great, maybe my info will help others. At least you will not get any fret buzz, ha ha.

    • Craig Cole > Taffy Evans June 11, 2019 at 4:49pm

      LOL. I'll post a pic with a metal ruler just for good measure. Hey, ALL info is most welcome.

  • MadGomer June 6, 2019 at 10:50am
    Stiffness of the neck (affected by the dimensions, species, and how the grain is oriented) will be your biggest consideration with respect to neck bowing. Other things impact it too but start with a good stiff neck. If you lay a straightedge on the neck, how much of a gap do you have in the middle?
    • Craig Cole > MadGomer June 6, 2019 at 11:05am

      Laid a metal ruler about in the middle of neck ---- I'd say about 1/16" gap. doesn't affect the strings or playing just something I noticed.

  • Mineiro´s Blues June 6, 2019 at 10:25am

    Depends on the density of Wood 

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