Somethings wrong with my Gibson LP

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ggunn said:
Some flexing of the neck ... at the neck/body joint is normal. Flexing at the headstock is not.
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Umm, no it's really not.



The neck body needs to be, and should be, completly solid. Always. Absolutly on a glued in neck, and it SHOULD be that tight even on a bolt on neck. Some (minimal) flex along the length of the neck is normal, but certainly not a good thing.



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i didnt read the thread but just to let you know, if you leave the strings on for a long time your neck will bend.
 
myhatbroke said:
i didnt read the thread but just to let you know, if you leave the strings on for a long time your neck will bend.
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myhatbroke said:
i didnt read the thread but just to let you know, if you leave the strings on for a long time your neck will bend.
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By that do you mean that if you play with really old strings you will have to crane your neck a lot to listen for a decent tone? Cos yeah I would be enclined to agree with that. :D

However...I don't know about anyone else but all my guitars always have strings on them.... Not seen any point in not having strings on them, it would somewhat negate my ability to play them (which may be preferable for some I'm sure :D ). But as far as I can tell the necks on my guitars are all pretty damn straight...
 
Light said:
Look for a crack. Some of those Gibson necks will crack if you even look at them funny. Also, (GENTLY) flex the neck and look at the neck joint. If you let it get too hot (like, left it in your car on a hot summer day), the glue joint could easily let go. In either case, if you find something, RUN don't walk to a good repair professional. The longer these things sit, the more difficult and expensive it is to fix. Wait a week and your fine. Wait a month, and you are looking at a lot more money (The wood oxidizes, and won't take glue properly).

And do NOT try and fix it yourself. You'll fuck it up, and then it will cost 2-5 times as much for a pro to fix your fuck up.



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Thats why I like strats.....you can leave them in the car all day, in 115 degree weather and it doesn't affect them.

I once left my '66 strat in the back of my pickup truck after coming home from a gig....it was winter and there was alot of icy percipitation that night. The next morning there was a half a foot of ice in the truck bed. I had to chisle my strat out of the ice...brought in in the house and opened the case with baited breath.....it was fine.....and still in tune!

It has seen severely hot days in the car too.

I think the wood on that guitar has already done all the buckling, warping, and bending it will ever do.

My strat is like a rock!
 
Light said:
Some (minimal) flex along the length of the neck is normal, but certainly not a good thing.
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That's what I'm referring to - the normal elasticity of the neck wood allows enough deflection under applied pressure to flatten the string tuning a bit.
 
les paul neck flex ??

hello there... i own several les pauls and the necks on all of them are solid it takes a bit of pressure to alter the pitch... you would have to hold it firmly w/ your right arm and push on the back of the to change pitch... please remove your strings and have someone look at your guitar...
 
Run to nearest qualified luthier and let him do the flex test. :eek:
 
For some reason I am under the impression that "pros" never fuck up. :confused: :confused: :confused:
 
flamin-gitaur said:
For some reason I am under the impression that "pros" never fuck up. :confused: :confused: :confused:
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Not at all true.


We've just already done the fuck up part, and have gotten on to the learning from our experience part.


For instance, back in the seventies, one of our employees (who has since moved on, for other reasons though) was talking to a customer about their custom banjo neck. This employee was holding the neck, and right at his feet our two shop dogs (one of them a Saint Bernard belonging to this employee) started to get into a bit of a fight.











The lesson learned from this is that a Saint Bernards head is much stronger than a banjo neck :eek: , and you really shouldn't break a banjo neck when the owner is standing about 4 feet away. :rolleyes:

Now we know, and will never make THAT mistake again.










At least, not very often.


:D :D :D :D



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jimistone said:
Thats why I like strats.....you can leave them in the car all day, in 115 degree weather and it doesn't affect them.

I once left my '66 strat in the back of my pickup truck after coming home from a gig....it was winter and there was alot of icy percipitation that night. The next morning there was a half a foot of ice in the truck bed. I had to chisle my strat out of the ice...brought in in the house and opened the case with baited breath.....it was fine.....and still in tune!

It has seen severely hot days in the car too.

I think the wood on that guitar has already done all the buckling, warping, and bending it will ever do.

My strat is like a rock!
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Um....


A word to all those with Strats other than Jimi's:


DON'T DO THAT TO YOUR GUITAR. Jimi got lucky with his guitar, but don't trust that yours won't have SERIOUS problems from that kind of treatment. Most will.



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