Fender American Standard with CS Fat 50s - Setup

[Cruachan]

Hi,

Hope I'm not being too cheeky by posting this here, but I was afraid those of you with the knowledge and expertise might miss my post requesting some help and guidance in the Technical forum.

charliehall.proboards.com/post/190932/thread

Thanks and my apologies if this was unnecessary.

Mike

[Cruachan]

Edit: Just a heads up to encourage others to visit the above thread. You can safely ignore the subject line as it has since shown signs of evolving into a repository of very useful and interesting information. I feel sure there is much you might consider pertinent to your needs. Even if you don't it's still a fascinating read.

Mike

[driftin]

hiya mike ..I believe the length of your pickup gap thread has just about eclipsed the length of war and peace novel....................lol

regards
les

[Cruachan]

Hi Les,



I confess I've never read 'War and Peace' and the abbreviated version transmitted by the BBC, which I enjoyed, has saved me the trouble. Rarely do I read books more than once, but I am finding this thread keeps drawing me back as I attempt to digest all that has been said thus far. It's a good read and the contributions from our membership have lifted the substance far beyond being tedious and boring.

Regards,
Mike

[mojolomjl]

Hi Mike,

Your thread has been of great interest to me also as I recently bough a 2015
American standard with CS fat 50s. Mine plays very well at present but I did
have to adjust the truss rod a little to stop some fret buzz. Thanks to your
thread a lot of us will have a lot of information if and when the time
arises when adjustments need to be made. Thanks again.

Best regards,

Maurice.

[Roger...]

Hi Mike,

Just for information, I purchased an American Standard Strat (with Fat 50s)in 2012 when they were first issued. When I got it home I found the nut was chipped so returned it for replacement. However, before returning it I took some measurements. Returning home with the replacement I also took some measurements on that one to compare the two.

My findings were as follows with the last fret held down and the measurements taken from the top of the pickup pole to underside of string:-

(E = 6th string, e = 1st string)

1st Strat (set up by shop prior to collection):
Neck(E)= 7/64 (e) = 5/64
Middle(E) = 7/64 (e) = 5/64
Bridge(E) = 8/64 (e) = 4/64
Neck relief = 0.012"

2nd Strat (straight out of box from Fender):
Neck(E)= 9/64 (e) = 7/64
Middle(E) = 9/64 (e) = 7/64
Bridge(E) = 9/64 (e) = 7/64
Neck relief rod = 0.010

My own settings are (on two different Strats with Fat 50s fitted):
Neck(E)= 8/64 (e) = 6/64
Middle(E) = 8/64 (e) = 6/64
Bridge(E) = 8/64 (e) = 6/64
Neck relief rod = 0.010

I find these settings very good.

I hope this helps.

Roger

[Cruachan]

Hi Roger,

Thank you very much for sharing this information. It's so helpful to read about the experiences of others and especially so if they have the same/similar hardware. Hope you don't mind my having copied your post to the thread with the same subject title in the Tech Info forum. I think it would be helpful to others in the future if such information was found under the one roof, so to speak.

Regards,
Mike

[Roger...]

Hi Mike,

No problem at all. I'm glad they were of some use to you.

Kind regards
Roger

[Cruachan]

Hi Roger,

Can I chance my arm by asking you to take a look at my latest post in that thread, please? A few issues have cropped up and would welcome your views and/or current Setup parameters on your own American Standard.

charliehall.proboards.com/post/191287/thread

Edit: Just discovered you beat me to it! Thanks again

Kind regards,
Mike