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"The way I read the posts, he measured relief at 7th fret and it was 0.005". He measured it again a bit later and it had increased to 0.014" without any adjustment to the truss rod."

Correct.
The truss rod will not turn anymore.Has reached the limit.

Tim thanks for the reply. Lets simplyfy it. The relief has moved and I can't any thing about it because the truss rod wont turn any further. Surely with a guitar that has 'nothing wrong with it' I should be able to adjust the rod to have as much or as little relif as I want.I should like on other gu...

What do you reckon guys?Just a weak truss rod??

Ahh now the neck has pulled forward since I last checked. The relief is now measuring around 14 thou


I might go and meditate for a while

Well despite all the positive specs showing up, it still feels a little bowed or clumbsy. Just doesn't feel right... I was questioning the truss rod because I am normally able to creat a back bow bow but can't with this guitar. Also regarding the straight edge, I picked this up from Frank Ford where...

sorry, I meant to say relief at 8th ret.
On the 7th is the same .005" (using feeler gauge)

The relief is .005". at 12th fret
Height at 1st stg is 1.5mm
6th stsg 3.1

I can take another pic but the straight edge is running in a straight line in the middle of the fretboard to the bridge
Thanks

Picture.

I think I worked out the problem.
The neck angle is out.
I used a long steele ruler over the fretboard and the straightedge does not lay right on the top of the bridge. It falls short under it.
Is this assessment from a novice correct?

Could it also be that the wood is also compressed at the other end down inside the neck?

Hi guys, It adjusts from the head. Yes the nut wont turn any further. (Like when a screw is screwed into a piece of wood and is flush with the wood. Anymore and it starts eating into the wood.) You can feel it has reached the end. There’s no rattle and it does adjust, but only to that limited settin...

I have an old Ibanez acoustic guitar and can’t get the neck to straighten out. To ‘help the truss rod’ I have loosened the truss rod completely, gently pulled the neck back and whilst keeping the pressure have tightened the truss rod to the max but the neck still remains up bowed. Normally I can get...

Gotcha.
Now I understand and can visualize it.
This is when it gets enjoyable.
Thanks very much for your time!

Ok I understand what he is saying now.
Seems everyone's got their own way of doing things.
This guy here traces the fretboard radius onto the saddle.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWuA2aFw ... r_embedded

(forward to about 6:20)

Hi, so you're saying if the fretboard is a a 16", the saddle radius should start at around 18"?
And the reason for having a flatter radius than the fretboard is because with less curve,this will allow more height on the bass strings?
Thanks

Thanks guys. Ok. I understand about re doing the compensation. Puff, probably didn't explain myself to well. Yes, I do want to raise the action, as the 1st E stg is the main offender. I realize I can shim. At the same time I'm pondering whether the fretboard and saddle radius mismatch (or my perceiv...

Hi everyone, I'm still learning about acoustic guitar setups. Hope it's ok for beginners to participate on this forum. I was wondering with a fully compensated saddle and B stg compensated saddle, ifI shape a radius onto the top by sanding it lengthwise on a radius block,will I loose the compensatio...