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Mario Labonte wrote: ...sometimes after I shake a chord the strings are still going a bit sharp.

I can't tell if those are locking tuners or not but in either case try using the fewest possible winds on the posts to minimize the posibility of slack building up.

I had a similar problem and I fixed it...twice.

I bought four of their glue-in necks back in the mid-80's when they were all 24 ¾ scale. One was an obvious "second" from the production line. I sent it back and it was exchanged without question. In 1988 I bought a 12 string 24 ¾ neck-through. It was and still is just fine. I thought they...

On the Carvin neck, an ebony fingerboard is a $15 option.

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Jamie Unden wrote:
See the clips in the top-right of this photo:

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Your right or my right?

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If there is a page on this site somewhere that sells plans, it is invisible.

John Sonksen wrote:

Edgar Jessop wrote:Have you tried lowering the pickups?

no, interesting... Can the magnets have that effect only on the octave note but not the open string?

So, whatever happened?

Have you tried lowering the pickups?

Forgive me for asking, but does pressing the vibrola arm down raise the pitch of the strings?

Rob Carty wrote:Joshua -- A good thought. Thanks.

Edgar -- Let me guess ... you're still in your 20s?

No. I just know a good straight line when I see one.

Rob Carty wrote:They say the mind is the second thing to go.

Well, then what's the first?

All of the Carvin necks I have ever used had a neck angle built in. You can check your neck by laying a long straight edge on the frets and extend it towards the end of the body. Measure the straight edge to body-top distance at the end of the fretboard and at a point near the end of the body.