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Hesh, is 17/64" a large airspace bewteen the bridge and the straightedge?

Sam

As Hesh isn't on at the moment 17/64 is way too much space you would wind up with about 9mm of saddle above the bridge, it will fall forward and put the inotation out, and eventualy crack the bridge.

To lower the angle you need to remove material from the top of the neck cheeks, best done with a very sharp chisel, take a fine shaving that shallows out to nothing take the same each side and take very fine cuts and keep testing the bridge clearance as you go.

Then as hesh suggests use the flossing method to tidy up the joint once you have the right amount of set.

Sam

Another thing I just noticed in the photos is you have the heel cap on, for the future it is easier to leave it off until after you have fitted the neck, as you can then fit it dead flush and you are only dealing with one type of material that sands at a consistent rate during the flossing process.

Hesh...

Don't you worry about me not paying attention to RussellR, I am following his every WORD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Down to 5/64 and counting...I'm afraid the tenon joint may hit the mortise bottom soon, then I'll be stuck unless....

Its blatantly obvious it's another noob mistake. The neck block is square with the guitar top, but wayyy out on the back by 15 degrees, can't blame it on humidity this time... *insert cheesy grin smiley*

(BTW Hesh, I'm paying attention to you too...that sandpaper trick is a worthy reminder for one (me) who has read the Stewmac manual so many times it's nerdy!!!)

[QUOTE=Hesh1956]
If the tenon starts to hit the mortise there is an easy fix of either sanding the front of the tenon (easiest) or routing the mortise.[/QUOTE]

Yup, that was what I was thinking, providing the truss rod hole doesn't sink south too much...

[QUOTE]It's a good thing you can't see the Stew-Mac video - it's really cheesey..... this is of course IMVHO. But it's excellent in terms of the information it provides...... [/QUOTE]



Ahh, when I have ABSOLUTELY nothing to do, I may kick back with a Guinness and watch it on a borrowed video player!!!

I was going to say something about the guy in the manual but later re-edited due to possible presence on forum...it's happened before (not to me), lemmie tell you, and it wasn't pretty!!!

[QUOTE]Sam I don't know if Robbie OBrien's DVD is encoded for the UK but it is highly recomended and Robbie also is very funny......[/QUOTE]

I'll check it out!! Sam Price38945.8068171296