I have read many blogs and watched many videos and I don't know what to believe anymore. I would appreciate some help.
MM FAQs say: "First, check relief in the neck by holding the lowest (bass) string down on the second fret with your fretting hand, then hold it down on the 12th fret with your right thumb and tap on the string in the middle to show how straight the neck is."
If I follow this instruction, I fret the 2nd and 12th fret of the low E and I tap on the 7th fret to check the relief. According to this test, my Majesty has an almost perfect straight neck (the distance between the bottom of the string and the top of the fret is negligible). Now, I have read that you are supposed to do the test at the deepest curvature along the neck. If I instead fret the 1st and 24th fret of the low E and tap on the 12th fret to feel the relief I see that the distance between the bottom of the string and the top of the fret is higher in comparison to the previous test (fretting the 2nd and the 12th fret).
What is the right way to check the relief?
MM FAQs say: "First, check relief in the neck by holding the lowest (bass) string down on the second fret with your fretting hand, then hold it down on the 12th fret with your right thumb and tap on the string in the middle to show how straight the neck is."
If I follow this instruction, I fret the 2nd and 12th fret of the low E and I tap on the 7th fret to check the relief. According to this test, my Majesty has an almost perfect straight neck (the distance between the bottom of the string and the top of the fret is negligible). Now, I have read that you are supposed to do the test at the deepest curvature along the neck. If I instead fret the 1st and 24th fret of the low E and tap on the 12th fret to feel the relief I see that the distance between the bottom of the string and the top of the fret is higher in comparison to the previous test (fretting the 2nd and the 12th fret).
What is the right way to check the relief?