proud new owner of 2011 PDF70 white - mint!

[JimmyFly]

Wow, i really like this guitar but I have some questions. I'm trying to lower the action but both allen adjustment screws stop before I get to my desired height. Is this normal and can anything be done? Also, I'll be adding a Graphtech piezo. Any recommendations or advice? Seems straight forward. Thanks!

[Geardog]

I don’t have answers, but congrats. Nice model.

[mmmguitar]

Apologies for missing this thread the first time around, @JimmyFly. If the rear bridge height adjustment screws are running out of travel due to the trem bottoming out in the rout, you can shim the neck pocket with a strip of paper or other pliable material near the front to achieve lower action through creating additional back-angle. I haven’t owned a “radial neck joint” guitar to say how much of a difference the shape of the pocket makes in shimming.

Gregsaab helpfully documented replacing his Fishman elements with Graphtech ones. If you’re referring to swapping out the preamp as well, I and others here have firsthand experience I’m sure we’d be happy to help with, should you want it. The main insight with that is that I encourage modders to replace the jack with the proprietary Graph Tech one (Parker did this, even though the new jack looks “cheaper”). I and others doing retrofits have experienced issues in trying to get the Acousti-Phonic board to play nice with the stock barrel jacks used with the Fishman boards.