Charvel Model 2 Neck / Trem Question

[dg]

Post more pics. I'm just seeing the one small one. Something's definitely screwed up if you have a shim in that area of the pocket and the action is high with the trem lowered to the body.

[warlok]

Need lots more and much bigger pics..

[CAL1]

Here you go. here is the kicker.....at the 17 fret I getting around .60 between the low E string and the fret.....hey you heard me right. lol.

[Twitch]

Maybe the saddles are shimmed?? The neck angle looks fine, the action doesnt LOOK bad but your measurements say otherwise.

EDIT: I assume you mean .6 cm, right? That is a bit unreasonable. All my guitars are .25 - .3 cm (2.5 - 3 mm)from tip of the 12th to bottom of low E string.

[CAL1]

I checked both the fret board and the frets, frets could use a little work but still playable and the fret board is flat? could it be the neck pocket is off?

[Twitch]

could it be the neck pocket is off?

That could be, but the depth the neck sits in the pocket looks normal. Can we get a pick of the bridge as if you were looking across the guitar if it were eye level and one from behind the bridge as if it were at eye level?

[CAL1]

When I frist got her back and did my rebuilt the trem I found no shims under the saddles. I leaning tords a full neck pocket shim to raise the neck up but I really like having the trem on resting the the surface of the guitar.....I'm not a trem guy but I do like having the fine turners, my Stealth is blocked off...no floater here. lol

[CAL1]

sorry, it's 0.060. still way to high. I feel like I'm play B.B. Kings guitar

[Twitch]

So, 1.5 mm is too much for you? Good god youre lucky you dont get excessive fret buzz and dead frets. .06 in. = 1.52400 millimeters

Id be tickled pink if I could get 1.5 mm playable.

[CAL1]

That could be, but the depth the neck sits in the pocket looks normal. Can we get a pick of the bridge as if you were looking across the guitar if it were eye level and one from behind the bridge as if it were at eye level?

i will get more photos tomarrow, i'm getting to much glare for the lights....I need natural lite to get detailed close up

[CAL1]

So, 1.5 mm is too much for you? Good god youre lucky you dont get excessive fret buzz and dead frets. .06 in. = 1.52400 millimeters

Id be tickled pink if I could get 1.5 mm playable.

I just checked my Stealth and is "ball park" 1.308mm. the M2 just looks and feels so high

[Twitch]

I just checked my Stealth and is "ball park" 1.308mm. the M2 just looks and feels so high

Damn, I wish i could get the action that low at the 17th and not have fret buzz and dead frets. I have four guitars, Kelly Pro, DKMGTFF, Alvarez AED200, and a Peavey Vicious, and the Peavey is the only one I can get below 2.5 mm and it be completely playable.

[MakeAJazzNoiseHere]

My action is like 1 MM on the high E @17th fret with the strings capo'ed at the 1st, and I can do step-and-a-half bends anywhere on the neck without fretting out.

Point being, 1.5 mm isn't absurd in the slightest, however on a guitar with a less than optimal setup and fret leveling it's about all I'd expect.

[Grandturk]

I like my action about the thickness of a Jazz III above the 12th fret with no capo. I can work higher or lower, but that's what I like. I've found the radius of the fretboard has more to do with whether the neck feels quick or slow.

[CAL1]

i will get more photos tomarrow, i'm getting to much glare for the lights....I need natural lite to get detailed close up

Here are some updated photos, I was able to get better detail.