Setup Help.

[Crimson1281734092]

Hey guys. im a newbie with the epiphone guitar especialy with the LES PAUL kind

few days ago i bough the LP custom plus. by the way i ordered the LP Custom and the store

mistakly gave me the Custom Plus... so i gues its better for me.

so my problem here is that the strings are to high from the bridge and its realy effecting my playing

i trayed to lower the strings to the hight that i need and they are hitting the frets and making the buss sound so can some one pleace explain to me how to setup the string hight. thanks

[Just Strum]

Hey guys. im a newbie with the epiphone guitar especialy with the LES PAUL kind

few days ago i bough the LP custom plus. by the way i ordered the LP Custom and the store

mistakly gave me the Custom Plus... so i gues its better for me.

so my problem here is that the strings are to high from the bridge and its realy effecting my playing

i trayed to lower the strings to the hight that i need and they are hitting the frets and making the buss sound so can some one pleace explain to me how to setup the string hight. thanks

 

Crimson, I'm not sure what you are referring to when you say "the strings are to high from the bridge". You should be measuring the height from the bottom of the string to the top of the 12th fret. What is the measurement there - post the measurement for both high and low e

[brad1]

You may need to loosen your truss rod a bit. A bit of relief on the neck may be the ticket.

Or you may need a new nut. Are the strings sitting very low in the slots. They shouldn't be.

I would look at both the truss rod and the nut.

[Whitmore Willy]

Crimson,

 

And anyone else looking for setup information, try this:

 

http://mysite.verizon.net/jazz.guitar/guitarsetup.htm

 

Mind you, truss rod adjustment is no big deal. However it is not for the faint of heart.

If you have not done it before, You might want a pro to do it the first time while you watch.

If you decide to do it yourself, Never turn more than 1/8 to 3/16 turn on any given day.

All numbers are reference points.

Nothing is written in stone.