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Shimming the bridge would require shimming the neck to change the neck break angle and restore correct action. It is much easier to move the pickup in relation to the bridge, neck, and strings, than it is to move the bridge, neck and strings as a single unit in relation to the pickup. Recently, I've considered switching from solid mount to surface mount adjustable picks. Surface mount adjustable are solid enough, and way easier to adjust. OTOH, once you know the correct height, you set it there and never change it, so you don't really need adjustable height pickups - they just make factory dial-in easier.

@@normbarrows2 D'oh! You're absolutely right! That was a bit stupid of me. If you shimmed the bridge, the action would be way too high, unless you shimmed the neck too! I'll get me coat.

Nope, magnetic buzz. Those quadrails are sporting THREE ceramic magnets and have more magnetic pull than any pickup I've ever seen, and I've owned over 100 guitars and have been playing for 45 years. My original attempt at about 2mm between the rails and strings when fretted at the 22nd was just too close, and I had to increase it to about 3mm. Magnetic buzz makes a buzz like a sitar. Bad grounds cause loss of volume (partial, total, or intermittent). EM interference causes background line noise and 60 cycle hum. The three actually sound pretty distinct. Magnetic buzz and partial loss of volume are somewhat rare. Some folks actually don't even believe magnetic buzz is a real thing - just cause it's so rare.

@normbarrows2 Very good information. Glad I subscribed. I look forward to learning from your videos. 👍🎶🎸

Not as devastating as I thought it would be. There were only a couple of rare guitars - an ESP LTD M2, and an original Jackson Roswell (without the last crop circle). Everything else was replaceable. And my average cost per guitar was only around $200. The most expensive guitar was an Ibanez multiscale 8 string at $600. The old collection was "one of each type" with a few duplicates, plus my mods and builds. But I don't really need one of each type. Don't really need a 20-string harp guitar, or 7 or 8 strings, or multiscale for drop tuning. another 12-string acoustic would be nice - that's a bit beyond my Luthiery skills. I used to have a Taylor 12 string acoustic. My most expensive guitar ever - $1800 back in the late 90's. I do miss some of the builds, but I can always recreate them.

@@normbarrows2 I admire your acceptance of what happened and your ability to move forward looking towards the future. I too love to play a twelve string occasionally .Best wishes to you friend.

Sounds like a cool mod. Never knew Ricks had the octave string on the bass side - interesting choice - makes it a bit brighter, eh?

@@normbarrows2 Rics have the octave on the bottom, treble side the opposite of most guitars including these from the factory

Yeah, RUclips is conducting time travel experiments apparently - or maybe their clocks are just messed up.

Thanx! Hope you find some useful info!