Neck isn't warped, nor back-bowed.....

[Chad]

This seems almost too obvious, but could your wall hanger be bumping the tuning pegs?

[murkat]

All of them. It's like the neck is bending backwards, but it's not moving.

Tuned to A=440, intonated as well as can be done in a guitar.

Mine do it all the time, esp when on a wall hangar, then I reach for it, play it, it will be sharp all 6 strings.
Could never figure it out, but it does happen.

[Devotee]

I think it's slowly growing into a baritone. What if you leave it in its case rather than hang it?

[LouSiffer]

Mine does it all the time on a stand. Trem is blocked so it cant float. Truss rod is firm. I read an article about necks " growing " due to temperature and humidity. Almost all of mine have done it no matter what configuration. The only time I can recall thy did not was when I had them in a basement with climate and humidity control unit. -Lou

[Bobby8]

What if you leave it in its case rather than hang it?

This is a good question. You should try this and see if there's any difference.

[Newc]

None of my others go sharp. Flat, but not sharp.

[LouSiffer]

I bet that is the difference between a flat sawn neck and a quarter sawn neck.-Lou

[Newc]

It's quarter-sawn.

Checked it when I got home and it was actually a bit flat. I would say that the bridge pickup was the culprit, since I did lower it yesterday, however, the guitar originally came with EMGs, which have notoriously low string pull, and the problem was evident even then.

[LouSiffer]

Thar was a joke from another thread.....sorry I didnt emphasize that.-Lou

[Luafcm]

Do you set it up on a bench, and then play it standing up? Temp, humidity, loose neck bolts, bad storage, gravity, sticky nut... lots of things to look for.

[tomanyjacksons]

Face it your house is haunted by a custom shop guitar hating ghost. Get a Quija board and tell it to knock it off or you'll bring in a priest. That should scare them. Sounds like a pain man, good luck.

[Newc]

Do you set it up on a bench, and then play it standing up? Temp, humidity, loose neck bolts, bad storage, gravity, sticky nut... lots of things to look for.

Neckthrough = no bolts. Nut doesn't stick since tuning is very smooth with no "jumps" (unlike the one that does have a sticky nut).

I set it up in playing position.

If it was the temp/humidity, the others would behave similarly.


The wall hanger doesn't touch the tuners.

[ralph]

maybe put some 12s or 13s on it, tune it to E std, and leave it for a while to get the neck to bow forward, then you may be able to use the truss rod when going back to lighet strings

Ive heard of people applying heat to the neck to get it to bow/straighten they way they wanted,

Either that or rip the fret board off and install a two way truss rod

[Chad]

^I tried heavier strings with my SL1T and it didn't work. I sent the guitar back to the dealer and they bent the neck with heat and that indeed worked.

But that info really isn't relevant because Newc has stated that the neck relief isn't changing.

[LouSiffer]

I asked a dumb question.....looked through previous posts and found my answer. -Lou