Checking the Neck Relief of Your Guitar Neck

There is a simple way of checking how much relief your guitar neck has or rather, how warp your guitar neck is. I usually like to set my guitar neck dead outright and I leave it at zero relief. Anyway, follow these steps to see how warp your guitar neck is.

1. Hold down the 1st E string with your left index finger on the first fret.
2. Hold down the 1st E string with your right ring finger on the 24th fret.
3. look at the space in between the string and fret on the 12th fret.

If there are a lot of spaces in between, you guitar neck is pretty warped and need a truss rod adjustment. If it has a little space (0.something mm), you only need to tighten a little to get a zero relief. If you prefer some relief, you can choose to loosen or tighten the truss rod. Go ahead and take sometime to check if your guitar needs a truss rod adjustment today.