overdriven07
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I'm having some issues setting up my guitar. I bought an Ibanez JTK3 and the set up was pretty weak. Right off the bat, I noticed the neck and action were way off. The strings were practically touching the frets near the nut, but were way high at the higher frets. There was a LOT of fret buzz. I've never set up a guitar before, but I've been playing for a while and I figured I could at least make enough adjustments to make it more playable. I adjusted the truss rod to the "proper" specifications (I read 0.5mm at the 8th fret with capo on 1st fret and pressing down where the neck meets the guitar) and I lowered the bridge to get the action to ~4/64". Now the neck seems more bowed and is slightly protruding from the body. Also, I'm still getting fret buzz (albeit less than before). I apologize for the crappy picture, I had to take it with my cell phone. That's the neck protruding slightly from the body. Any advice you guys could give me would be much appreciated!

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