Rick500 Posted May 5, 2007 Report Share Posted May 5, 2007 The neck on my Strat project is about 1/16" thicker (from the fretboard surface to the back of the neck) than it should be, which puts the fretboard surface that much too high off the body. I figure I'll either route the neck pocket a sixteenth deeper, or plane down the neck heel the same amount. The neck hasn't been shaped yet. The bridge is a Gotoh hardtail. Is one solution inherently better than the other? It seems to me the best and most accurate way to solve this would be to just route the pocket a little deeper since there's already a flat surface there to guide the router. (I know the best method would have been to plane down the neck before I affixed the radiused fretboard. ) Just thought I'd run it by you guys in case there's something I didn't consider. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prs man Posted May 5, 2007 Report Share Posted May 5, 2007 I say just route the pocket a little deeper as long as you have enough wood to rout from the neck cavity you should be cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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