Just finished the final neck reset on on The Braz. Guitar came with a #4 heel/#-2 top shims. My first reset was to #16 heel/#10 top.
That helped the action, but it still wasn't where I wanted it. Now it's wearing #22 heel/#16 top shims. Nailed the sweet spot!! This guitar plays and sounds fantastic now. Action is between 4 & 5/64th on the low E/ ~ 3/64 on the high e.Saddle height is 10/64 @ E, 11/64 @ D, and 7/64 @ e. Relief @ 6 is about .010 on E. She's wearing D'Addario EJ 17 phosphor bronze .013-.056 strings. These were on her when I got her, and have been up & down at least 6 times. The guitar still sounds fantastic. The harder I play the louder she gets w/ no buzzing or rattling at all. Tone is remarkable. Using the mic function, I have to mute some of the strings to get a good reading on the tuner because of carryover to the other strings. Intonation is dead on.
She sounds a little bit tight, but from what I've read, that's to be expected from an Adirondack top that hasn't been played much. when it opens up it's gonna be obnoxious.
Here's a pic of the action at the 12th fret.
And one of the top.
I liked this guitar before, now I love it !!
Maybe I should have posted this in the repair section. Mods move it if you'd like. I'm just so tickled with the results, I got a little carried away.
Steve