Col.Custard
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Hello everybody!
I have been reading posts on this forum for awhile now and ive learned alot referring to these pages while learning about my prs. I created this account specifically for the hope that one of the many knowledgeable people who frequent this forum would be able to help solve my current guitar crisis. I apologize for the long post! just trying to provide as much info as possible
Relevant Info; So i just purchased a 2017 usa floyd rose cu24. amazing looking feeling and sounding instrument. i mean this thing sounds absolutely stunning, especially on the higher registers and even despite the pickups not being my favorite. i am having an unreal amount of trouble although dialing out string buzz on the low E and A strings on fretted notes mostly. im certainly no pro tech or anything of the sort but have been learning how/doing my own setups for the past few years now and have plenty of experience with floyd guitars and im generally happy with the way my guitars play. i am close to tearing my hair out after a full week of working on this guitar every night trying different adjustments.
i just got rid of another floyd guitar which i purchased to make my new main guitar. that set up super easily for me but went back due to other issues. the prs arrived at my door with a backbow in the neck and the action was pretty high so i was forced to do a setup, i understand stuff gets knocked out of whack in cold temps, which it was shipped in(both bought from an online vendor)
as of now i have tried..
-setting the neck relief and action to spec. .01 of relief at the 8th fret and 2/32 action at the twelfth fret on the bass side (which if my google skills r on is 1.5-1.6mm?)if my understanding of factory spec is incorrect please by all means let me know but this results in a good bit of buzz on the lower frets
-setting the neck relief increasingly straight while also adjusting the bridge to keep action around 2mm-1.5mm and even got to the point where the neck was rrreeeaaall close to perfectly straight. still buzzed without super high action
- setting the neck with increasingly more relief while adjusting the bridge accordingly which yielded less lower fret buzz but ended up making the low E rattle when played open with anything other than barely hitting it once i got up to .015 of neck relief at spec action and the high frets felt too high(at which point i decided i need help =p)
im using feeler gauges and coins to measure until i can go purchase a decent way to measure so im sure my given values are off to some degree. i always went by feel and sight before this and when tried on this guitar it would always buzz a good bit on the lower frets when the action and neck felt "right" the nut is shimmed alrdy with 3-4 thin pieces of metal, unsure of the measurement there or if more may be needed
thank you for any and all responses and sorry again to start here with a book...
I have been reading posts on this forum for awhile now and ive learned alot referring to these pages while learning about my prs. I created this account specifically for the hope that one of the many knowledgeable people who frequent this forum would be able to help solve my current guitar crisis. I apologize for the long post! just trying to provide as much info as possible
Relevant Info; So i just purchased a 2017 usa floyd rose cu24. amazing looking feeling and sounding instrument. i mean this thing sounds absolutely stunning, especially on the higher registers and even despite the pickups not being my favorite. i am having an unreal amount of trouble although dialing out string buzz on the low E and A strings on fretted notes mostly. im certainly no pro tech or anything of the sort but have been learning how/doing my own setups for the past few years now and have plenty of experience with floyd guitars and im generally happy with the way my guitars play. i am close to tearing my hair out after a full week of working on this guitar every night trying different adjustments.
i just got rid of another floyd guitar which i purchased to make my new main guitar. that set up super easily for me but went back due to other issues. the prs arrived at my door with a backbow in the neck and the action was pretty high so i was forced to do a setup, i understand stuff gets knocked out of whack in cold temps, which it was shipped in(both bought from an online vendor)
as of now i have tried..
-setting the neck relief and action to spec. .01 of relief at the 8th fret and 2/32 action at the twelfth fret on the bass side (which if my google skills r on is 1.5-1.6mm?)if my understanding of factory spec is incorrect please by all means let me know but this results in a good bit of buzz on the lower frets
-setting the neck relief increasingly straight while also adjusting the bridge to keep action around 2mm-1.5mm and even got to the point where the neck was rrreeeaaall close to perfectly straight. still buzzed without super high action
- setting the neck with increasingly more relief while adjusting the bridge accordingly which yielded less lower fret buzz but ended up making the low E rattle when played open with anything other than barely hitting it once i got up to .015 of neck relief at spec action and the high frets felt too high(at which point i decided i need help =p)
im using feeler gauges and coins to measure until i can go purchase a decent way to measure so im sure my given values are off to some degree. i always went by feel and sight before this and when tried on this guitar it would always buzz a good bit on the lower frets when the action and neck felt "right" the nut is shimmed alrdy with 3-4 thin pieces of metal, unsure of the measurement there or if more may be needed
thank you for any and all responses and sorry again to start here with a book...
