Action changes - so annoying, real cause?

[jkdsteve]

This has always annoyed the crap outta me.....the setup was perfect on my Suhr Modern...virtually straight neck (tiny amount of relief) and beautiful low action with no fret buzz.

All I did with the guitar was move it from one room to another, in it's case, store it there for 3 days and move it back to regular place where it sits for a day before I get chance to play it....there's <5'F between the rooms.

I pull it outta the case and the 3 unwound strings are fret buzzing like a moro, almost everywhere on the neck...

The only solution I've found is add a small amount more relief and adjust action up a tad on treble side....so bloody annoying.

Is this humidity? Weather changing? It's fucking annoying because the setup was *perfect* on this guitar!

 

[mniel8195]

next time i would adjust everything and wait about 24-48 before making your final adjustments. The neck may have swayed a bit.

 

[jkdsteve]

I had another go at adjusting today, it is a little better...had assumed 24hrs would be enough, seems like 48 is better....but yeah, I think the neck has changed a small amount due to the weather....always annoys the crap outta me.

 

[Anonymous]

seasonal

 

[Shawn Lutz]

climate changes, some guitars are affected by it more that others. Basically tweaking the truss rod, bridge and re-setting up is what you do. I find that my fatter necks after about a year or so need little if any neck adjustments where as the thinner ones need more.

 

[nevusofota]

One of the main guitar attributes that affect neck changes is the amount of finish on it.

 

[dfrattaroli]

I had another go at adjusting today, it is a little better...had assumed 24hrs would be enough, seems like 48 is better....but yeah, I think the neck has changed a small amount due to the weather....always annoys the crap outta me.

That's exactly the cause. Oddly, I find that my Moderns almost never change. I think that's because mine always go back in the cause and they're in a section of the house that always stays near optimal humidity. It is a pain though. Usually it just takes a nudge on the truss though.

 

[jkdsteve]

The one guitar in my collection I have never needed to touch since I set it up is my ESP KH-2...damn thing is so stable I love it. It does have quite a thick coating on the neck..hmm

 

[nevusofota]

My Davies N4's change the most out of all my guitars. I relate it to them having absolutely no finish on the necks. It seems my Les Pauls change the least. We've had a very long cold winter here in the east. The constant heat in the house really drove down the humidity. This has been probably the worst winter I can remember for guitars.