It is liberating to do this and then enjoy ypur guitar. Dont pay mony for a set up which is routine. Dont be afraid to play around and set it up the way you want. when you do this the e string should have a space from string to pole peice of a bout a dimes width and low e should be a nickels worth. Last set your pickup height by fretting the 12 th fret of each string. All you need is a cheap tuner and compare the open string and the 12 th fretted note, then lengthen or shorten string length as mecesaary. Shortening the string makes it sharp lengthening flattens. Next intonate by adjusting the screws of the abr bridge. Next turn the wheels of bridge to the string height that you like. Turn the truss rod gently and you will see it work. hold the body up below your eyes as if the neck was an extension of your nose. I like em straight but some like a little relief. Sight the neck form body to the end of headstock. Get some good straight edge rulers of different sizes, good knowledge of neck setups and have FUN!!!!!:saludeĭear LCP set it up yourself. Keep tweaking and playing and you'll get there. Then again you may like something totally different. it's all in the way the neck is set from the factory. They're all different, some guitars you cannot set'm up like that. This is done if the guitar was built to let you set it up this way. The stop tail all the way down and then set the bridge to get your settings with the neck relief. I also like the stop tail and bridge down as low as I can get them. To each his own but that is just about the standard setup alot of people use. That usually takes a good fret level and just the right neck relief with the nut setup well also. Now days I going for 4/64's on the low E also. I go for a little neck relief first for good ole' hard rock and blue's with 4/64's at the high E and 5/64's on the low E. Hello, I think theres some problem with my guitars setup since the high notes (around the 12th fret) sound muted, they dont ring/vibrate well. If you would like to have your acoustic guitar setup, please contact me to book an appointment.I don't know about factory ually just get by.what I do is get the guitar and let it get use to your area and weather and play the shit out of it to get the neck use to the humidity and settle in. If you would like to see an example of a setup I recently carried out on a Martin acoustic, please see my recent work page.
Saddle height is reduced in height where necessaryĬost: £40-80 plus strings (price depends on whether all six items need to be addressed).Strings are removed and frets are cleaned and polished.So what it included in an acoustic guitar setup?
But this is a time consuming and costly process and only worth doing on expensive guitars.
It is also possible to remove the neck and reset the neck to body angle.
There are a number of reason why you should have your acoustic guitar setup properly.