NGD: Early Christmas Edition

Iron1 said:
I've wanted one of these for years, particularly in the Red Reign finish. Almost bought the Lambo Blue edition off a buddy in 2019, but cash was super tight then and he sold it to someone else when I couldn't scrape together enough funds.

Then, after seeing another buddy's video using his, it cemented how much I love this finish.

Since we just sold our townhouse and made a tidy sum on it, we decided to go a little splurge-y on Christmas this year. I get this, a neck pickup for my Franken7 and a bundle of guitar lessons from a local guy who is allegedly a legendary guitar teacher (more on that later).


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Got it used for about $500 less than I could get it new, which made me pretty happy. It has like 3 or 4 very, very tiny dings in it that are super hard to see unless you're looking for them. My only quibble is the action is a little higher than I'd like, but it already has a tiny bit of fret buzz, so I'm not sure I'll be able to wrangle the Floyd to a place of lower action, proper intonation and no fret buzz.

Otherwise, I absolutely love it. Can't wait to really screw around with the Sustainiac system, too.

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Now all that's left is to wait until December 25th, since I'm not allowed to play it til Christmas morning.
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Dude that neck PU is beyond the outskirts of infinity o_Oo_Oo_O
 
Iron1 said:
I think it can, but it's a Floyd Rose, so anything you do means you have to do a lot of other things. If I could have gotten the Sustainiac without the Floyd, in this finish, I would have. But, I also don't have a 7 string with a trem, so now I do...


I've only done a few minor truss adjustments, so I'm a little nervous about doing that to this one, but that doesn't mean I won't try. LOL. I don't have a straight edge, but this sounds like a great excuse to buy the one I've had sitting in my Stew Mac shopping cart for the last year or so. :ROFLMAO:
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A straight edge is not needed for truss rod adjustments. A capo helps, but that is not necessary either. All you really need is the tool to turn the truss rod
 
RVA said:
A straight edge is not needed for truss rod adjustments. A capo helps, but that is not necessary either. All you really need is the tool to turn the truss rod
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Hi Ray, Walk me through how one does a proper set up with just the allen or whatever wrench is needed to adjust the T rod?
 
chilipeppermaniac said:
Hi Ray, Walk me through how one does a proper set up with just the allen or whatever wrench is needed to adjust the T rod?
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basically:

Depress the string at the first fret and simultaneously approximately where the neck joins the body. I say approximately because some manufacturers have specific frets they recommend, but where the neck meets the body is a good rule of thumb. Then, check the clearance between the string and the top of the fret at the 7th fret (most particularly the low e string since it is the biggest). There should be no more clearance (relief) than the width of a thick piece of paper. Some people like more relief for various reasons. The capo comes in handy at the first fret so you free up a hand.

Too much relief and you tighten the TR (clockwise when looking down the neck). Too little and you loosen it (remember: righty tighty, lefty loosey)
 
RVA said:
basically:

Depress the string at the first fret and simultaneously approximately where the neck joins the body. I say approximately because some manufacturers have specific frets they recommend, but where the neck meets the body is a good rule of thumb. Then, check the clearance between the string and the top of the fret at the 7th fret (most particularly the low e string since it is the biggest). There should be no more clearance (relief) than the width of a thick piece of paper. Some people like more relief for various reasons. The capo comes in handy at the first fret so you free up a hand.

Too much relief and you tighten the TR (clockwise when looking down the neck). Too little and you loosen it (remember: righty tighty, lefty loosey)
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There's an older guy on YouTube who does really cool videos on setting up guitars and basses and this is pretty much exactly what he says. Used his vids to set up a few basses and guitars and they turned out all right.

Went and found one before I hit "post reply":

 
I use the method Ray describes as well.
Since I am brand new to bass, I actually measured during my first set up. :ohno::ohno:
(For the relief and the E and G string action heights).
I dont have radius gauges so I just eyeballed the A and D string heights.
 
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