Not Sure What This is For...
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Not Sure What This is For...
On the end of both necks where the bridge and pickups are, there are 2 hex or Allen screws (on each neck) that seem to raise or lower the neck at the end where your picking hand rests. Is there a name for this adjustment? Also, what is the reason that you would want to make this adjustment? I haven't been able to find any information about it. The guitar is a 1979 Sho-Bud Super Pro.
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What's the difference Martin, I always though they were allen screws. Just courious.Martin Weenick wrote:Those are not allen screws, they are socket head machine screws and they hold the housing down. Do not fiddle with !!
Henry Matthews
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D-10 Magnum, 8 &5, dark rose color
D-10 1974 Emmons cut tail, fat back,rosewood, 8&5
Nashville 112 amp, Fishman Loudbox Performer amp, Hilton pedal, Goodrich pedal,BJS bar, Kyser picks, Live steel Strings. No effects, doodads or stomp boxes.
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I was just curious because I was having trouble with the C6 neck where some of the strings would not return to pitch because the fingers were hitting the end plate and could not return all the way. So I turned the screws a little bit and it raised the whole changer system so now all of the fingers can return their original positions.
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Loosen your strings and tighten them up or you will have bigger problems.
There is something else causing your problem, not those.
There is something else causing your problem, not those.
Henry Matthews
D-10 Magnum, 8 &5, dark rose color
D-10 1974 Emmons cut tail, fat back,rosewood, 8&5
Nashville 112 amp, Fishman Loudbox Performer amp, Hilton pedal, Goodrich pedal,BJS bar, Kyser picks, Live steel Strings. No effects, doodads or stomp boxes.
D-10 Magnum, 8 &5, dark rose color
D-10 1974 Emmons cut tail, fat back,rosewood, 8&5
Nashville 112 amp, Fishman Loudbox Performer amp, Hilton pedal, Goodrich pedal,BJS bar, Kyser picks, Live steel Strings. No effects, doodads or stomp boxes.
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Also known as Socket Head Cap Screws, or SHCS's. These go through the wood body and into a threaded hole in the flange on the end plate, sandwiching the wood between the changer plate and the flange on the end plate. The other screws on the changer plate only go into the wood body, so they are phillips head wood screws. As has been already said, don't fiddle with them unless you're totally dis-assembling the guitar.
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MSA Millennium, Legend, and Studio Pro, Reese's restored Universal Direction guitar, as well as some older MSAs, several amps, new and old, and a Kemper Powerhead that I am really liking. Recently added a Zum D10, a Mullen RP, and a restored blue Rose, named the "Blue Bird" to the herd. Also, I have acquired and restored the plexiglass D10 MSA Classic again that was built as a demo in the early '70s. I also added a '74 lacquer P/P, with wood necks.