Josh O
Well-known member
I'm no guitar tech by any stretch of the imagination so bear with me. My rosewood neck JP6 has been rock steady since I got it near end of '09, many string changes, added Tremel-No and have that installed for almost a year with no problems. Now bear in mind I'm not logging countless hours on the guitar, I play it say a couple of times a week (heresy I know). It's been in the same room since I got it, no strange temp and humidity swings. I don't believe I have any real fret wear.
So here's the issue, I noticed one day that the upper E and B string were fretting out when playing around the 4th/5th fret area. String bends would immediately mute out, trills would die out etc. Adjusting the truss rod in either direction did not help even to the point where the wheel was loose. So I opted to change strings, they were a heavier 10 gauge set so I had to adjust the trem claw screws to get the trem parallel. Once I did that, everything seemed to be settled out. No issues where I was having them everything seemed golden.....until last night.
A string, 14th fret, dead. Every other spot on the guitar rings out just fine, but that on spot is fretted out/dead. Really weird. I've never messed with the saddle heights on the trem, the only adjustments I've made on the guitar are the trem claw springs an the truss rod.
Any ideas? Should I just take it to a tech, maybe some tweaking needs to be done? It's just kind of strange that all of sudden this would start happening. Are rosewood necks prone to instability? This is the first rosewood neck guitar I've ever owned.
Thanks in advance.
So here's the issue, I noticed one day that the upper E and B string were fretting out when playing around the 4th/5th fret area. String bends would immediately mute out, trills would die out etc. Adjusting the truss rod in either direction did not help even to the point where the wheel was loose. So I opted to change strings, they were a heavier 10 gauge set so I had to adjust the trem claw screws to get the trem parallel. Once I did that, everything seemed to be settled out. No issues where I was having them everything seemed golden.....until last night.
A string, 14th fret, dead. Every other spot on the guitar rings out just fine, but that on spot is fretted out/dead. Really weird. I've never messed with the saddle heights on the trem, the only adjustments I've made on the guitar are the trem claw springs an the truss rod.
Any ideas? Should I just take it to a tech, maybe some tweaking needs to be done? It's just kind of strange that all of sudden this would start happening. Are rosewood necks prone to instability? This is the first rosewood neck guitar I've ever owned.
Thanks in advance.
