Several of you have asked for my personal setup specs on the YellowStrat, so I decided to post here.
With a Warmoth neck, there are zero variations in fret-to-fret profile and height, so that must be factored into this conversation.
Fender's published spec for relief is .010" to .014" measured at the 7th fret with a capo on the 1st fret.
YellowStrat is set to .008" and this gives buzz-free performance on the 1-3/4" wide, Warmoth roasted maple neck.
Action according to Fender should be 4/64"measured at the 16th with a capo on the 1st fret.
Yellow Strat is adjusted to .070" on the low 'E' at the 12th unfretted and .060" on the high 'e' respectively.
It doesn't matter which method you use, the adjustment is the same.
Fender spec for first fret action height is .018" to .022" with .022" being the "preferred" setting.
I use .030" at the first fret as SOP to make techniques like the full step bend in the opening to 'Already Gone' by the Eagles easier to perform.
The very high output 16.5k DiMarzio Neanderthal means it sits really low. My "stacked single coils" have bar magnets and adjustable poles, so they can be moved closer to the strings, unlike a rod magnet single coil.
When setting up stock single coils with the extended 'g' string pole, adjust the height from the 'g' string pole to the string to about 5/32" and then level the outside edges of the bobbin level with the low and high e strings.
This will minimize wolftones from the 'g' being to close to the magnets.
This should at least let you know where your personal preference specs are in relation to Fender's published guidelines.
With a Warmoth neck, there are zero variations in fret-to-fret profile and height, so that must be factored into this conversation.
Fender's published spec for relief is .010" to .014" measured at the 7th fret with a capo on the 1st fret.
YellowStrat is set to .008" and this gives buzz-free performance on the 1-3/4" wide, Warmoth roasted maple neck.
Action according to Fender should be 4/64"measured at the 16th with a capo on the 1st fret.
Yellow Strat is adjusted to .070" on the low 'E' at the 12th unfretted and .060" on the high 'e' respectively.
It doesn't matter which method you use, the adjustment is the same.
Fender spec for first fret action height is .018" to .022" with .022" being the "preferred" setting.
I use .030" at the first fret as SOP to make techniques like the full step bend in the opening to 'Already Gone' by the Eagles easier to perform.
The very high output 16.5k DiMarzio Neanderthal means it sits really low. My "stacked single coils" have bar magnets and adjustable poles, so they can be moved closer to the strings, unlike a rod magnet single coil.
When setting up stock single coils with the extended 'g' string pole, adjust the height from the 'g' string pole to the string to about 5/32" and then level the outside edges of the bobbin level with the low and high e strings.
This will minimize wolftones from the 'g' being to close to the magnets.
This should at least let you know where your personal preference specs are in relation to Fender's published guidelines.
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