neck bend

my #1 is a partscaster i built, solid mahogany with mahogany neck and rosewood fretboard using keystones. love the sound of this thing especially playing lead. but when i chord. any weight or pressure on the neck at all causes me to be off key. its a standard neck and everything is tight on it. does anyone else have this problem ?
my mim with a maple neck doesn't do this. its making me want some way to stiffen it up some. is there a way to do that ?

it's not a problem with the frets, is it? because with high frets, you may just be bearing down too hard. In other words... you sure it's the neck?

pretty sure its the neck. i find i do that too...but this is different....hardly takes much at all to work the neck. i was wondering if this is why some people like a big neck

Describe how you set the intonation of the neck.

I had to get the frets taken down once on a strat because of that problem. You might really want to check on that before you mess with the neck.

Describe how you set the intonation of the neck.


well, i intonate to the 12th fret if thats what you mean. intonation seems dead on.
is there another way to intonate ?

my #1 is a partscaster i built, solid mahogany with mahogany neck and rosewood fretboard using keystones. love the sound of this thing especially playing lead. but when i chord. any weight or pressure on the neck at all causes me to be off key. its a standard neck and everything is tight on it. does anyone else have this problem ?
my mim with a maple neck doesn't do this. its making me want some way to stiffen it up some. is there a way to do that ?



Can you explain a little bit more?

1. Do you have to retune after chording?

2. Is it pressure on the back of the neck you're talking about, or do you mean just fretting pressure?

3. Did you install and slot the nut?

4. Do the notes only go sharper?

I was thinking the same thing aznrambo481 thought. High jumbo frets or scalloped fretboards can mean you pull the notes too sharp since the frets are so high...

But it sounds like it may be a few narrow nut slots too perhaps.

Could be a few things, try to describe whats happening a little better... stuff like that is real hard to describe sometimes online.

Can you explain a little bit more?

1. Do you have to retune after chording?

2. Is it pressure on the back of the neck you're talking about, or do you mean just fretting pressure?

3. Did you install and slot the nut?

4. Do the notes only go sharper?

I was thinking the same thing aznrambo481 thought. High jumbo frets or scalloped fretboards can mean you pull the notes too sharp since the frets are so high...

But it sounds like it may be a few narrow nut slots too perhaps.

Could be a few things, try to describe whats happening a little better... stuff like that is real hard to describe sometimes online.



you know...i AB'd a couple of my guitars and johnny i think you and aznrambo are right.
this is the only neck i've purchased and it does have jumbo frets. i think it is more of a technique thing. it really alters the sound.
is there an easy alteration ?

I have a 335 copy that does the same thing, I went to heavier strings (big honkin' .12's) and that has helped a lot.