Hey guys, I recently traded for a ESP guitar and I began to do my normal setup routine on it and noticed that I could not lower the bridge enough to set the action the way I like it without the strings hitting the first frets up near the neck. Normally, I would do a truss rod adjustment to correct this, but after looking at the guitar, I noticed that the neck did not seem to be installed correctly.
I took the neck off to see if there were any shims installed and there were none present. I have attached photos of the neck installed in the guitar. If you look at them you will see there is a gap between the fingerboard and the body of the guitar. I don't think this is normal. You can also see how it offsets the neck of the guitar. I am thinking that I will need to take the neck off the guitar. Sand it down till it fits flush and then shorten the neck screws a bit before I reinstall them. What do you think?
