Bridge Placement Stuff Up

[mickc]

Hi Guys,

I did my first angled brigde setup on an archtop i am building, Les Paul style.

I measured the scale length, 24 3/4" and marked it but when i set the bridge postition, for some reason instead of moving the bass post back i moved the top E post forward!

I was going off a picture in Martin Koch's book, which shows it this way.

The stupid thing is i didnt realize it was wrong until after i had painted the body! - (brain fade)

So basically now i have a bridge at the right angle, but about 1/4" too far forward.

I dont want to risk filling\redrilling\touchup of the body, but what if i move the neck forward in the pocket by 1/4" and insert a painted filler piece between it and the end of the pocket?

Any problems in doing this?

[Desopolis]

do you have enough pocket to support the neck?

other then visually I dont see anything weird about it, as long as the pocket has enough room to support the neck, also your taper will vary a bit.

[mickc]

Yes, plenty of pocket left, and i can compensate for the taper by adjusting the bridge height, so I think this may just be the way to go...