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Hi,
I'm assembling a guitar that was purchased in two parts: neck and body, though they were supposedly originally mated. When I bolted on the neck and strung it up, I discoverd that the high-E string was way too close to the edge of the fretboard (~2.5mm). As suggested in an older thread, I tried tweaking the neck to the side as I bolted it up, but that didn't help much. I also tried loosening the 6-tremelo screws on the Wilkinson tremelo and edging the trem to the side, but I didn't get enough out of that either.
So it seems like there are two options to consider:
1) Remount the trem by drilling new holes to give better string alignment (that is, moving the trem toward the low-E side of the body), or
2) Shave some wood from the high-E side of the neck pocket to enable me to move the neck further that direction. This would probably also require a shim of some sort on the low-E side of the pocket.
I'm not sure which of these is the way to go and am curious what others have done in similar situations. Are there any other options I'm not considering?
Thanks,
Bert
I'm assembling a guitar that was purchased in two parts: neck and body, though they were supposedly originally mated. When I bolted on the neck and strung it up, I discoverd that the high-E string was way too close to the edge of the fretboard (~2.5mm). As suggested in an older thread, I tried tweaking the neck to the side as I bolted it up, but that didn't help much. I also tried loosening the 6-tremelo screws on the Wilkinson tremelo and edging the trem to the side, but I didn't get enough out of that either.
So it seems like there are two options to consider:
1) Remount the trem by drilling new holes to give better string alignment (that is, moving the trem toward the low-E side of the body), or
2) Shave some wood from the high-E side of the neck pocket to enable me to move the neck further that direction. This would probably also require a shim of some sort on the low-E side of the pocket.
I'm not sure which of these is the way to go and am curious what others have done in similar situations. Are there any other options I'm not considering?
Thanks,
Bert