Memphetic Posted May 24, 2007 Report Share Posted May 24, 2007 My fretboard raises approximately 6mm from the neck - the floyd rose locking nut I have (R42) doesn't appear to be tall enough for that, as the fretboard raises just to the bottom of the slots for strings. What can I do about this? The fretboard is a compound radius one that I bought from stewmac :-\ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prs man Posted May 24, 2007 Report Share Posted May 24, 2007 you might use a shim under the nut to raise it to the hight you want Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted May 25, 2007 Report Share Posted May 25, 2007 You could shim the nut or bridge saddles - I have absolutely no idea if this will work though, but it is a very simple method. You could also level the back of the fingerboard down. Find a leveled table and use double stick tape to hold sandpaper down (try 100 grit at first) and go from there. It shouldn't take long to get it where you want, 6mm is pretty close. I ship my fingerboards out with 7mm thickness without a radius. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batfink Posted May 25, 2007 Report Share Posted May 25, 2007 Shim the nut. You can either buy the proper shims (i think they come .2/.3/.5mm) or mainly i use an offcut of scratchplate material or wood thinned to spec. Jem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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