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Originally Posted by snow creek
How do the pro's deal with string tension when measuring where the neck angle should be? When I did a re- set I had a metal straight edge on the frets to be level with the bridge.. but when I put strings on it- the tension caused a change in the angle so the straight edge was lower than the bridge slightly...
Is this a frequent issue? And how does on set the neck angle to compensate for potential string tension/damaged bracing issues?
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I suspect you are mistaken about the change in neck angle(that shouldn't move enough to measure), what you really saw was a change in relief. That caused the straightedge to rest on the first and last fret, and the relief caused the first fret to rise relative to the last fret, which causes the straightedge to hit lower on the bridge. If you remove all the relief from the neck with the truss rod, the straightedge should be back at the top of the bridge.