Replaced the nut on my SE Cu24 with tusq. That went well after a LOT (!!!) of sanding the nut down. Judging from the PRS specs they released (at bottom), I have the string heights at the correct height near the nut, but more than double that height near the 12th fret.
So I've done a lot of research on this, trying to learn. It seems like the only answer is : check the neck relief. I can guarantee that's not the problem - there is about zero bow in the neck; can barely pass a piece of paper under the strings at 7th or 8th frets when holding down 1st and last frets.
I cranked the truss rod the other way (towards treble) just to see if I was misunderstanding something,
and that made the problem much worse, so I returned the truss rod setting.
I changed the string gauge to .10s, but that shouldn't matter, right ?
I've learned to definitely not mess with the screws on the bridge.
At this point I figure if I'm going to haul it in to a tech for a set-up I ought to at least mess things up some more, trying to learn something.
Any advice please? Thanks
So I've done a lot of research on this, trying to learn. It seems like the only answer is : check the neck relief. I can guarantee that's not the problem - there is about zero bow in the neck; can barely pass a piece of paper under the strings at 7th or 8th frets when holding down 1st and last frets.
I cranked the truss rod the other way (towards treble) just to see if I was misunderstanding something,
and that made the problem much worse, so I returned the truss rod setting.
I changed the string gauge to .10s, but that shouldn't matter, right ?
I've learned to definitely not mess with the screws on the bridge.
At this point I figure if I'm going to haul it in to a tech for a set-up I ought to at least mess things up some more, trying to learn something.
Any advice please? Thanks
- Bass side string height 1st fret: 1.5/64”
- Treble side string height 1st fret: 1/64”
- Bass-side string height at 12th fret: 2.5/32”
- Treble-side string height at 12th fret: 2/32"
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