Tegs Posted May 18, 2010 Share Posted May 18, 2010 Anyone have experience of setting up a Gibson Thunderbird....? I got the guitar about 6 months ago and spent a bit of time setting the neck, bridge and intonation and think I got it playing pretty good, low and buzz free. Just recently though I've noticed the action getting higher. The bridge is virtually on the body almost as low as it will go (it was actually on the body when I got it) so I'm wondering if these are prone to neck bend or if my strings are wrong for it (Rotosound Nexus black coated - 45.46.85.105). Or even is the bridge wrong? Any ideas greatly appreciated! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misrule Posted May 18, 2010 Share Posted May 18, 2010 I can't really help you -- but I use Rotosound 45-105s on mine without any problem. I took mine to Chris McIntyre in Peckham, South London, who did a great job setting it up, if you're anywhere near. [url="http://www.mcintyreguitars.com/contact.htm"]His website[/url] Cheers Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tegs Posted May 18, 2010 Author Share Posted May 18, 2010 Cheers Mark, a bit far for me but I've been thinking of looking for someone nearer just to get it checked out. There's no obviously visible bend in the neck but I guess it wouldn't take much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7string Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 It'll be difficult to see the difference if the relief in the neck has changed. I haven't been able to find Gibson/Epiphone's spec for it, but roughly relief should be around 0.014" (3.5mm) at the 7th fret. Hold the string at the 1st and last frets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinynorman Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 Ask this mob, if they don't know, no one will. [url="http://bassoutpost.com/index.php"]http://bassoutpost.com/index.php[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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