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1. #How is the action on a burny guitar how to#
2. #How is the action on a burny guitar full#
3. #How is the action on a burny guitar free#

This is done by rotating the thumbwheel anti-clockwise (counter-clockwise) to raise the bridge or clockwise to lower it. Do this by adjusting the height of the bridge at the thick E string end. Firstly check and, if necessary, adjust the low (thick) E string height. Since the bridge can only be adjusted at each end, there is no need to adjust each saddle individually.

#How is the action on a burny guitar free#

Feel free to remove the capo at this stage if it is attached.Īdjusting saddle height couldn’t be easier on a Les Paul. Once you have got the gap to 0.012” (or whatever gap you prefer), you will have finished this step. If, instead of tightening the truss rod, you need to loosen it, do so by turning it anti-clockwise (counter-clockwise). Believe me, you do not want to damage the truss rod. It may be that there is a problem with the neck or the truss rod and you may damage the guitar by forcing it. Now lay the edge of the ruler along the frets (don’t rest it on top of the nut, saddles, pickups or pickup surrounds).ĬAUTION: If you find that the truss rod is very difficult to turn, then stop now and take your guitar to the guitar shop.

#How is the action on a burny guitar full#

Alternatively, you can just cut a little out of one edge so that you can still make full use of the other edge of the ruler. If you can’t get one between these lengths, and are willing to sacrifice a ruler, get one that’s too long and cut it to length. Get a ruler (or straightedge if you want to be all fancy) that is at least as long as the neck, but not so long that it reaches all the way from the nut to the saddles (and watch it doesn’t lean on the pickups or pickup surrounds either). I use a ruler to do this, but you can do it using only strings. Don’t worry we’re not going to remove any of these components, just circumvent them. In other words we don’t want the height of the nut or the placement of the saddles to confuse us, so we take them out of the equation. Since we only want to check how straight the neck is, we need to isolate this aspect of the guitar. Check and adjust neck bow (how straight the neck is) Check and adjust the intonation (how far back or forward the saddles need to sit at the bridge to keep your guitar as in tune as possible no matter what fret you’re playing)ġ.

Check and adjust neck bow (how straight the neck is) 2. We’re now going to carry out the following steps, just like we did in the general electric guitar setup post. OK, I’ve put a new set of strings on now. Here's how the tailpiece looked before I tightened it down: However, 2 often happens and it’s not something that bothers me unless it’s severe.

The break angle is so steep that the strings hit the edge of the bridge before they go over the saddles. The break angle (the angle change of the strings as they pass over the saddles) is so severe that the strings keep breaking as they pass over the bridge. Here are the reasons why you MIGHT want to raise it: 1. That said, there is very little reason for the tailpiece to be anywhere other than as low as possible anyway. Many believe that this will give you better tone/sustain, although it's hard to prove such a thing scientifically. I prefer the tailpiece to be lowered all the way to the body if possible. That said, I do want to mention that while the strings were off this guitar, I took the opportunity to lower the tailpiece. When you take the strings off a Les Paul, there is (usually) nothing holding the bridge or the tailpiece on, so be careful with this.

#How is the action on a burny guitar how to#

If you don’t know how to restring a guitar, then have a look here: Specifically put the type of strings on that you intend to use in future, since different gauges (and sometimes brands) can require a slightly different intonation setup. By that I mean that the saddles’ forwards/backwards positions are not set up well, and so when the open strings are correctly tuned, and we then play up the neck, it suddenly seems out of tune again.īefore doing a setup, I’d recommend you put a new set of strings on the guitar. The second reason for the tuning issues is that the intonation is way out. This means that it is difficult to fine tune, as the string’s pitch tends to “jump” up or down. Firstly the nut slots are too tight, made evident by the strings making a pinging noise when they are tuned up or down. The tuning problems are coming from two areas. The neck plays well too, but it has some tuning problems and buzzes a bit more than I’d like. I already have a general electric guitar setup post over here:, but there are a few Les Paul specific areas I’d like to go into here.īefore I start, I want to mention a few things about this particular guitar. For this post, I’ll be setting up a “Burny Super Grade” guitar, but the set up is the same for most Les-Paul-style guitars. Today we’re going to do a setup on a Les-Paul-style guitar.