I have a S2 standard 24 with 11 to 49s on it and action is around 3mm in low E at 12th fret and 2mm on high E. This is mostly a comfortable action for me so I can get my fingers under the strings for bending and eliminate any buzzes or plinkiness as I play primarily lead and tend to pick harder or at least rather deliberately. I wouldn't mind it even a touch lower just as long as there's no plinkiness. I'm rather obsessive compulsive from years of classical guitar playing...any buzz or plink or noise drives me insane.
Since I bought the guitar new, basically out of the box, I have only adjusted the saddle heights using a radius guage to maintain radius and have added truss rod relief incrementally totalling about 1/3rd of a turn has given more or less an agreeable set up for me however there are two reasons why I am thinking about raising the 6 tremelo screws and wanted to inquire here first:
It seems the high E sounds thin, noticeable only when playing unplugged and I suspect it might be due to the higher than normal saddle height. I believe this is the case as I fooled around tweaking action the higher the side was to more shrill or thin the high E was.
Secondly, I do hear a slight...not buzz but perhaps a "plink" on the G string around 19th fret and beyond.
When looking at the height of the bridge between the body of the guitar to the very bottom of the tremelo, it appears it is slightly less than 1/16th of an inch which was supposed to be the factory setting. It is slightly less, and visible that there is not 1/16th in between.
My rationale is that if I raised the tremelo screws so the bridge is precisely 1/16th from the body I would be able to lower the saddles to improve the tone on the treble strings or at least the thinnest E string. At the same time the added height and lowered saddles might take care of the plink on the 19th fret and beyond on the G since any further truss rod adjustment should not affect anything in that register of the neck anyways.
Am I on the right idea to adjust the tremelo screws?
Since I bought the guitar new, basically out of the box, I have only adjusted the saddle heights using a radius guage to maintain radius and have added truss rod relief incrementally totalling about 1/3rd of a turn has given more or less an agreeable set up for me however there are two reasons why I am thinking about raising the 6 tremelo screws and wanted to inquire here first:
It seems the high E sounds thin, noticeable only when playing unplugged and I suspect it might be due to the higher than normal saddle height. I believe this is the case as I fooled around tweaking action the higher the side was to more shrill or thin the high E was.
Secondly, I do hear a slight...not buzz but perhaps a "plink" on the G string around 19th fret and beyond.
When looking at the height of the bridge between the body of the guitar to the very bottom of the tremelo, it appears it is slightly less than 1/16th of an inch which was supposed to be the factory setting. It is slightly less, and visible that there is not 1/16th in between.
My rationale is that if I raised the tremelo screws so the bridge is precisely 1/16th from the body I would be able to lower the saddles to improve the tone on the treble strings or at least the thinnest E string. At the same time the added height and lowered saddles might take care of the plink on the 19th fret and beyond on the G since any further truss rod adjustment should not affect anything in that register of the neck anyways.
Am I on the right idea to adjust the tremelo screws?
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