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I was looking through one of Dan Erlewine's books at a friend's place the other day and read a section that struck me as interesting. Buzz Feiten was explaining how he shims the necks on all his Fenders to have a slightly negative neck angle. He claimed this improves the bass response and makes the guitar more resonant as a whole.

I'm interested in trying this out, so has anyone else tried this? Also, Feiten said he used some absurdly thin piece of vinyl (I think it was .006quot;) and since the vinyl I have is all around .8mm, any suggestions on what I should use? I was thinking maybe business cards...

I just use a strip of that cloth-backed sand paper, that seems to be pretty standard. I don't know much about it improving the bass response, but With most of my guitars it lets me set em up so the action is a bit more comfortable.


Originally Posted by krankguitaristI just use a strip of that cloth-backed sand paper, that seems to be pretty standard. I don't know much about it improving the bass response, but With most of my guitars it lets me set em up so the action is a bit more comfortable.

Same here. I used a neck shim to correct the angle of the neck in one of my guitars. I didn't notice any improvement in bass response and ressonance...

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I personally dont think a shim would make that much tonal difference. I think you are splitting hairs actually! For the tiny little bit of difference you may encounter, I dont think it would be even worth the trouble to do it!

I woudn't shim in search of an improvement of tone any more than I would avoid shimming for fear of ruining tone. Does it make a difference? Probably. And it's probably a tiny difference. Nothing that I'd go out of my way for and nothing that I couldn't work around if the change were in a direction I didn't like.