A year and three months later...

[Andrew Paul]

I’ve got guitars without wings, boys! That’s how I know wings are the sh!t.

Yes sir!! I'm a wing man

 

[Alnus Rubra]

Yes sir!! I'm a wing man

There’s a few jokes here, but I’m not gonna make them because I wouldn’t even have the b@lls to jump off that ledge, let alone what they do after!

 

[elvis]

There are tons of setup videos on YT, including ones from PRS. The relief is so tight it's by feel for me.

Just remember that if you go a quarter turn at a time and don't go super far, you really can't hurt the guitar.

I was chicken on this stuff, but one day I decided to tempt fate and pull the neck off my Jem and re shim it and do a total setup top to bottom. It's not rocket science for sure. I can't do as good a job as the guitar tech I use, but I can get good enough when my strings are buzzing and I need a setup NOW

 

[sergiodeblanc]

What do you set them to? Ditto action? Just curious. I half suspect it'll be by feel rather than a specific measurement but if its numbers it'd be interesting to see what you use. Oh and string guage. Again guessing but probably different for solid body vs something like a HB.

Yeah, it’s by feel, just the smallest bit of relief.

 

[alantig]

Nope, uh uh, hell naw...trussrods freak me out man. Therefore my trussrods remain untouched (by me). I'm lacking in the cajones department when it comes TR adjustments...and I'm totally cool with that...there I said it.

No need to get freaked out - it's just an adjustment to a guitar neck. It's not the kind of truss used by Fred Garvin, Male Prostitute.

 

[Andrew Paul]

There’s a few jokes here, but I’m not gonna make them because I wouldn’t even have the b@lls to jump off that ledge, let alone what they do after!

Realize after I replied, I left myself wide open LOL and yes I wouldn’t jump off that ledge with those wings either LOL

 

[Andrew Paul]

Yeah, it’s by feel, just the smallest bit of relief.

Exactly the way I like my necks adjusted, on the flatter side with just a tinge of relief. My 1990 custom 24 wide thin neck is particularly thin, thinnest I’ve ever encountered with PRS and needs to be adjusted twice a year early winter and late spring. You know, temperature changes, humidity, high-rise building heat, I’m 40 miles north of NYC, similar to Chicago but you guys are quite a bit colder in the winter.

 

[ScottR]

similar to Chicago but you guys are quite a bit colder in the winter.

That place is what I classify as uninhabitable...that friggin wind chill!

 

[Alnus Rubra]

That place is what I classify as uninhabitable...that friggin wind chill!

Try the North East coast of Scotland! In the summer!!

 

[ScottR]

Try the North East coast of Scotland! In the summer!!

I dunno...the last blast that blew my skirt up in Chicago, was on Superbowl Weekend a few years ago. Something like -4°F with a -20°F wind chill! My Outie became an Innie permanently that day. I'm still quite traumatized by the event.

 

[ScottR]

No need to get freaked out - it's just an adjustment to a guitar neck. It's not the kind of truss used by Fred Garvin, Male Prostitute.

Whew! Thanks dude I feel much better now that we've cleared that up...man this changes everything.