Neck Hump Help

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pryde
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Neck Hump Help

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Finished up my stewmac 000 12-fret and have been working on setup.

The issue I have is the dreaded neck hump at the neck/body joint. when looking down the neck, the hump is quite obvious starting at ~11th fret and ending about 15th fret.

I leveled down the frets in the area and re-crowned but it still is buzzing pretty good with action set at .090" The neck relief is about .008 at the 7th fret also. It makes no difference is I adjust relief either way.

Do I need to remove frets and re-level the fret board in this area? Not sure what else to do.

BTW the neck is bolt-on but I did glue the tongue down. The hump probably was not as bad before gluing but it was still there and causing buzzing
tippie53
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Re: Neck Hump Help

Post by tippie53 »

try this first
loosen the bolt and clamp the neck down in the block and retighten the the bolt. Check it and see what you got. If you still have a serious hump . you can pull the frets and relevel the board and refret. I think you will be pleased with the final outcome.
Post some pics and we all can add out 2 cents.
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