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Dave_B

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  1. Hi all.  I'm working on an Explorer and I'm at the point of calculating the neck angle.  I'm comfortable with that except that I can't seem to find information on the amount of downward adjustability I should allow for.  For example, would I want an 1/8" gap between the bottom of the thumbwheel and the body?  I'm using a traditional style Gotoh as pictured.

    Gotoh Tune-o-matic Bridge with Standard Posts .png

  2. Hi all, I'm building a neck-through with a 3-piece mahogany neck. I've cut the 9" by 40" neck lumber into three strips and left them stickered for a couple of days. Now when I stack them, two of the pieces are flat, but the third piece deviates about 1.2mm over the course of the 40".

    Is there a point where I don't need to mess with jointing and planing? The wood straightens with very little pressure, so my assumption is that the tension I'd be creating would be negligable. Is that accurate?

  3. I just received my 34/30" fretboard template from LMII a few minutes ago. I also ordered the locating pin to keep things simple.

    The thing is, they don't fit together. Shouldn't the pin extend all the way into the template? Both the pin and the notches in the template are angled. Because of that, it looks like the template will rack if the locator is sticking out too far, or slide around around if it's not sticking out far enough.

    IMG_2062_lmii_fretboard_template.png

    Am I just doing it wrong?

    Dave

  4. My only suggestion for any use of LED's (and this isn't anything new) is to do a burn-in before you glue the fretboard down. LED's do have a failure rate and it's better to run them for a few days to make sure you're ok. There's also fiberoptics, which I think is more common for side markers.

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