High E Slipping Off Fretboard

[SaberRed]

I have an Ibanez S3620FM prestige, really nice guitar I bought for a good price. I find the high E string slips off the neck very easily. Is this common on this series of guitar? Can I fix this easily? I was considering checking the locking nut and seeing if it can be shifted over by a tiny amount? Would this work?

 

[Kelly]

Loosen the neck screws. Pull upward (toward the left while facing front of guitar) on the headstock and retighten.

 

[SaberRed]

Loosen the neck screws. Pull upward (toward the left while facing front of guitar) on the headstock and retighten.

Yes that was something along the lines of my plan. I will give it a go. Thanks.

 

[Music&Chaos]

Yes that was something along the lines of my plan. I will give it a go. Thanks.

Hopefully that works! I had an Ibanez where they did the prestige fret rounding and they were done so rounded inward that my high E always slipped right off. Was annoying AF and I sold that guitar. One of the Made in Indonesia models, yours probably isn't jacked like that.

 

[SaberRed]

Hopefully that works! I had an Ibanez where they did the prestige fret rounding and they were done so rounded inward that my high E always slipped right off. Was annoying AF and I sold that guitar. One of the Made in Indonesia models, yours probably isn't jacked like that.

Yes it’s pretty annoying. I have to compensate when I play it but this isn’t something that always sticks in my head.

 

[PDC]

Loosen the neck screws. Pull upward (toward the left while facing front of guitar) on the headstock and retighten.

No more calls please, we do have a winner! Google up 'Guitar Chiropractic Neck Adjustment' if you want to see this performed.

You can do it with the strings on by loosening the neck bolts, gently adjusting, and re-tightening. I am betting someone like Dan Erlewine would bust out a micrometer to measure the desired distance from the high E to 'true center' on the fingerboard then make his own neck pocket shim using AAA Birdseye Maple at .00x thickness, remove the neck ... you get the point.

 

[alund]

Steve Vai used this effect occasionally pulling down the high E and it would make a sound after each fret was touched being pulled of the fret board. It’s cool. But can be over done