Measuring neck relief: string vs straight-edge

[@Dang...]

Thank you!

[@RahulSharma_JaiMataDi]

One of the best video on Neck Relief thanks Bryan

[@rolandjgutierrez7737]

This is the best instructor, imo i learned something tonight..RocknRollflat5

[@Guitar_Builder]

Thanks for this, I'm in the middle of building a neck relief gauge and was fighting in my head if I should build it to sit on the fret board or the frets. I appreciate your point about playing on the frets and not the board and now I can appreciate the need for both instances.

[@ldean-du5im]

Thanks for the useful information!

[@shoer5151]

Great info ! 😊

[@Bryankimsey]

Glad it was helpful!

[@thepokerpilotapp]

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[@Bryankimsey]

Ha!!! Carbs kill me. After my rides I had pan seared ribeye with grilled green beans.

[@Sinnsonido]

I first found out about checking relief with a straightedge from a Premier Guitar article by Chad Weaver titled _Precision Neck Adjustment: A Simple Method for Consistency_ from 2010. A notched straightedge should be able to do double-duty on the frets I would think but in general it seems to do the trick. Thanks for reminding me about this method.

[@Bryankimsey]

Yes.. I like the knife edge of the real straightedge but you could totally put the "legs" of the notches on the frets.

[@patricedupuch2644]

hello, great video 👍 question, is there a way to best balance the bass + mid + treble only by working on the nut or the bridge or the relief to have a roughly balanced sound on an acoustic guitar?

[@Bryankimsey]

No... those things will change the sound slightly but not to extent you're asking for. You need to add bridge pins to your list, too.

[@patricedupuch2644]

@@Bryankimsey merci 🙏