The neck pickup is usually attached to the pickguard by 2 height adjustment.

Telecaster neck adjustment. Affix the capo to the first fret and depress the high e string at the last fret (g. Tightening the adjustment should straighten the neck out. We’ll look at basic tools needed,.

1) set the truss rod relief to ~0.008″ by turning the truss rod nut with a 5/32″ (4mm) allen wrench. Traditionally, you have to remove the pickguard to adjust a tele neck pickup as it’s mounted to the body. Adjusting the neck on a bolt on neck with no adjustment in the headstock.

Pickup height adjustment is usually a pretty simple task on a telecaster. Removing a neck to adjust the truss rod is a bit of a pain.  Adjustment at headstock (allen wrench):

In part 2 of how to setup a fender telecaster, we continue to tackle the job of making this killer ‘52 reissue roadworthy. Many vintage instruments, like my 1979 fender mustang, have the truss rod adjustment on the body. Put a capo on the first fret, then hold the low e string to.

A concave (dipping) neck bow can be corrected by. To set a telecaster’s action. Only two tools are needed to check neck relief — a capo and a feeler gauge.

Some telecasters, however have a channel cut between the neck pocket and the front pickup cavity. It's super easy to do. 2) use a 0.050″ allen wrench to raise or lower the bridge saddles.