Ehhhh....i Think I Screwed Up |
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Ehhhh....i Think I Screwed Up |
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Mar 12 2012, 01:22 PM |
well, I read in my owners manual if the action is adjusted to the wrong height, it will void my warranty. I never heard of that before and it sounds like hogwash, but now I am worried about messing up the guitar itself. Just found the settings in the manual! That's what I was looking for and read right over it. It also says "any problems arising from lowering the string below factory specifications will not be covered." I never heard of it messing a guitar up before. If you didn't touch the truss rod or mess with your springs I wouldn't worry about it. Just slowly raise that baby back up till the noise goes away and re-tune it and all is back to normal. I wouldn't worry of what you did as anything that can hurt it, just sound bad. Easy way is to make the floyd look straight from the back to the front. As seen in I. -------------------- Guitars:
Ibanez S770PB (Natural Flat) , Ibanez XPT700 (Chameleon) , Sterling J Richardson Signature , Squire IV Jazz Bass (Sunburst) Gear: Neural DSP Plugins My YouTube Page. |
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Mar 12 2012, 01:39 PM |
hi jt,
could you post a pic from your bridge? I did the setup for my FR-Guitar by myself last year and adjusting the string action wasn't a problem at all.. |
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Mar 12 2012, 07:45 PM |
Also, I wouldn't be worried about the warranty not covering that, JT. I think they just want to avoid thousands of people each year doing exactly what you did, and bringing it back for "warranty service", when it's not really a warranty issue.
In my opinion, unless you have the tools and knowledge to perform an accurate setup, it's best to go to someone who know what they're doing, and also will be patient enough to listen to your needs and perhaps explain a bit about the setup process along the way! I used to be addicted to the "lowest string height possible" for years! Eventually, I grew away from that. I would suggest attempting to adapt to the height suggested by your tech. I play a parker nitefly with jumbo hardened steel frets (and a very unique shape/edge), but fortunately I just fell in love with the action immediately! The guy I bought it from works on guitars (amazing work....cheap!) and it was set up perfectly....until I "locked" the bridge!! Then I had buzz everywhere! Ick! Anyway, he fixed in for free and also "blocked" my bridge with a wooden block, since the parker "locked" bridge isn't truly locked! He taught me a bunch about guitars while performing the setup. More than anything, I learned that a mere 1/64th of an inch makes a HUGE difference! So, I don't adjust my own setups anymore, and leave it to the pros! -------------------- Check out my awesome Nintendo Cover-band, EMULATOR!! http://www.reverbnation.com/emulator Now.....go practice!! |
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Mar 13 2012, 06:48 PM |
Here is a good article about setting up the guitar
http://www.playrecord.net/resource/article...up-a-guitar.php Let me know if it works! If it doesn't you can Skype me and I will help you to figure it out! -------------------- |
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Mar 13 2012, 11:33 PM |
Here is a good article about setting up the guitar http://www.playrecord.net/resource/article...up-a-guitar.php Let me know if it works! If it doesn't you can Skype me and I will help you to figure it out! I'll check it out Alex! Thank you! I'm really hoping I can get some better clean sound out of this. I got the Jackson JS32R and the Boss ME-25. Both are way better (or so I thought) than the Ibanez GSA-60 and the Digitech RP-80 I replaced them with. I'm just not understanding why I cannot get a full clean sound . -------------------- |
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