Morbid
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I'm learning how to level and crown my own frets. I experimented with a junk neck to get my feet wet, then moved onto one of my cheapest guitars (less scary to work on that one), and had decent success. Now I need my JP6 back in fighting shape (it's one of the early JP6's with the prototype pickups).
I've had the strings off for about 3 weeks (been busy), and I finally took the neck off today to start straightening things, but according to my notched straight edge, it just won't straighten all the way out. I've checked the straight edge with something else flat, and while it may not be absolute picture perfect stewmac-level straight, but it's pretty darn close.
With the truss rod fairly loose (as displayed in the photo), the neck seems pretty flat from the first fret, up to just about the 11th. At the 12th, the gap between the fretboard and the straight edge gradually increases.
Anyway, as I mentioned, I'm new to this and a bit nervous. Hopefully I'm just overlooking something.
I've had the strings off for about 3 weeks (been busy), and I finally took the neck off today to start straightening things, but according to my notched straight edge, it just won't straighten all the way out. I've checked the straight edge with something else flat, and while it may not be absolute picture perfect stewmac-level straight, but it's pretty darn close.
With the truss rod fairly loose (as displayed in the photo), the neck seems pretty flat from the first fret, up to just about the 11th. At the 12th, the gap between the fretboard and the straight edge gradually increases.
Anyway, as I mentioned, I'm new to this and a bit nervous. Hopefully I'm just overlooking something.
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