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Old 01-25-2010, 12:32 AM
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Originally Posted by Charles Stark View Post
Hey, thanks for the reply. I'm unfortunately having a hard time understanding the camber concept.
Camber is 'bend' by design hopefully. Press down the e string ON the fingerboard at the nut and at the heel of the neck on the e side. Look under the string. How much space is there at the highest or middle point around the a note on the e. That space is camber IF the neck under the fingerboard is a perfectly straight line. If not, the neck has bowed forward. Measure it first.

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