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Kimberly Grier · 05-22-2013, 08:27 AM

Hi there,
Well every guitarist should know that the optimal neck profile for most guitars and basses is not dead flat. Strings vibrate in an elliptical shape, thus most guitars and basses benefit from a neck that has a very slight amount of relief, which will match the elliptical shape of the strings' vibrations. Read the relief of your instrument by fretting an outside string at the first and twelfth frets simultaneously.

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Kimberly Grier Groupie Join Date: May 2013 Posts: 6	Hi there, Well every guitarist should know that the optimal neck profile for most guitars and basses is not dead flat. Strings vibrate in an elliptical shape, thus most guitars and basses benefit from a neck that has a very slight amount of relief, which will match the elliptical shape of the strings' vibrations. Read the relief of your instrument by fretting an outside string at the first and twelfth frets simultaneously. __________________ Musicforte.com makes Reading Music Easier Than You Think!