G&L Fallout Tribute Setup Question
Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2017 9:11 am
I'll start by saying I've already followed the manufacturer suggestions for setting up my Fallout tribute. When I did this, the setup was way too high. Not like, I prefer my action a little lower. More like, holy crap this guitar is going to break my hand high.
I'm decent at setting guitars up. Not great, but I've made enough mistakes and messed around with enough guitars to be able to make adjustments to improve the setup, but this Fallout is giving me some issues. It's a stock tribute Fallout in clear orange swamp ash body, saddle lock bridge, stock PUPs.
Right now, the individual bridge saddles are all as far down to the bridge as possible, and the action is decent, but the higher strings like B and E could come down more because it's uneven across the fretboard, but I'm out of room. I believe I have the truss rod set to it's ideal location. If I try to turn it clockwise, I start getting buzz around frets 1-3. If I go counter-clockwise, the action is way too high.
I'm seeing if anyone here has had a similar issue or has any insight as to what else to try. I'd rather pick the brains of the forum members. If I have to take it to a tech I will, but I'm not sure what they're going to do differently.
I'm decent at setting guitars up. Not great, but I've made enough mistakes and messed around with enough guitars to be able to make adjustments to improve the setup, but this Fallout is giving me some issues. It's a stock tribute Fallout in clear orange swamp ash body, saddle lock bridge, stock PUPs.
Right now, the individual bridge saddles are all as far down to the bridge as possible, and the action is decent, but the higher strings like B and E could come down more because it's uneven across the fretboard, but I'm out of room. I believe I have the truss rod set to it's ideal location. If I try to turn it clockwise, I start getting buzz around frets 1-3. If I go counter-clockwise, the action is way too high.
I'm seeing if anyone here has had a similar issue or has any insight as to what else to try. I'd rather pick the brains of the forum members. If I have to take it to a tech I will, but I'm not sure what they're going to do differently.