jessejames Posted June 12, 2016 Report Share Posted June 12, 2016 Just curious for those of you who have built a fretless before, what neck angle did you use? I use a hipshot .125 floor bridge on all my guitars and typically have a 0 - 0.5 degree neck angle. Actually the way I do it really is I route the neck pocket out until it is flush with the fingerboard. Just curious on a fretless (Which I am planning on using luminlay in the fret slots) if I would need to raise the fretboard from the neck pocket say 1/8" to compensate for the frets? Anyone with any experience please, I would love to hear your advice or thoughts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyjr1515 Posted June 12, 2016 Report Share Posted June 12, 2016 Personally, I don't do it mechanically like that because there are so many other variables (I don't tend to do repeat builds), so I tend to calculate the angle for each build. However, the effect is basically as you say...when I check with a straight edge, it is riding on the fretboard for a fretless and on top of the frets for a fretted so, all other things being equal, I guess a fretless neck will sit a fret's depth higher than the exactly equivalent fretted neck... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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