A great little modification that seems to work

[Johnny Robbo]

Just came across this & decided to try it on my tele...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5lTtDzR8eE

Here's the before/after comparison & I think it has made a difference. I just played a chord without any amp model or FX to get a true idea...

[Mike_S]

Interesting.

[The Gobi Desert Canoe Club]

Gonna try this on my Squier Tele, it's not bad but I'm sure it could be better. Willie

[Pete C]

Saw this video myself recently and was going to try it on my old Squier strat when I next change the strings.

Listening to your before and after test, it does seem to sustain slightly longer after adjustment.

Pete

[64Guitars]

It seems to me that pulling the neck closer to the body is going to affect the intonation of the guitar, if only slightly, and a bridge adjustment will be necessary to compensate for the change in distance between the frets and the bridge. Each bridge saddle should be moved back toward the tail end of the guitar by whatever distance the neck moved to maintain the same fret-to-bridge distance.

[Groundy]

Good find John..

Alex

[IanR]

Psychosomatic guitar therapy?

[Geir]

Interesting indeed.

And I took the trouble of putting your clip i audacity and putting the before-bit in the left channel and the after-bit in the right. I does look like it made a difference !

[Farrell Jackson]

That makes a lot of sense to my brain and my ears. I'll have to give it a try. Thanks for posting Johnny!

[AndyR]

It is a cool trick, I've been doing this to bolt-ons for some years. I've found it depends on the guitar, sometimes the change is AMAZING, and other times there's hardly any difference.

I've just realised, I've got a couple of teles whose necks have been off for other reasons - the necks kept shifting, and it was because the screws were biting in the body holes (not meant to) - and I haven't performed this trick on them since I put the necks back on and strung them up.

It's DEFINITELY worth giving it a go on a bolt on - either nothing happens or the thing suddenly has a bit more spring and sustain.