Hi guys I have just changed the stings on my guitar from old coroded, rusty 10s which came with the guitar, to a new set of dunlop 10-46. It's an epiphone les paul, the black gothic version.
It seemed to really lower the action a hell of a lot just changing the strings, don't really know why that is. So I found it in me to attempt adjusting the truss rod and I got the action much, much better. Next I put it in standard tuning, loosened all the saddles and went through intonation which is now right on the dot.
I'm very new to messing with guitars like this. All the signs up to now to me seem good. If you achieve really good intonation at the end of it all that's supposed to be a good sign, right?. But like I say I'm no pro and am new.
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I thought I'm not taking a guitar back to a shop that often to get it set up. I daren't really do anything to the truss rod on this guitar but gave it a shot now.
All they do realistically at the shop is a few adjustments that you can do yourself by the seems of it.. Won't it be best to learn to set them up yourself anyway because each person is different? Like how the guy in the shop has them set up to his standard could be different to how it would be best for you?
Just a heads up, because over-adjusting the truss rod could lead to undesirable results.