peachtree Posted February 21 Report Share Posted February 21 Hello! I have a pretty simple question about pickup plane/neck angle, and how they fit together. I've got my neck angle cut (so that if I project it, it intersects the bridge where I want it to). I've cut the pickup plane so that it starts juuuust in front of where the fretboard will end, and finishes just in front of the bridge. My question is this - I've got kind of 5mm-ish between the end of the pickup plane and the end of the fretboard (depending on where I decide I want my fretboard to end) - I guess this gives me a bit of room to sand the transition between the pickup angle and the rest of the body smooth. Is this right, or should I move the pickup plane very slightly back, or am I waaaaaay overthinking this (I suspect it's this)?! I feel like as long as I don't sand into the neck plane where my fretboard will eventually be glued then I'm probably good? Hopefully everything is clear from the image - I had a thick pencil area over the centreline so I could see where my cutting started/ended. TIA! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peachtree Posted February 21 Author Report Share Posted February 21 Another gratuitous progress pic... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizman62 Posted February 21 Report Share Posted February 21 29 minutes ago, peachtree said: am I waaaaaay overthinking this (I suspect it's this)? I guess you're right. If you think about LP style guitars and their pickup rings, the bridge one is usually taller to match the neck break angle. But that's not always the case, they even sell thin sheet metal rings. Same with archtop hollow bodies. That wood looks gorgeous, by the way! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADFinlayson Posted February 22 Report Share Posted February 22 You want the neck pickup to be on the same plane as the fretboard, so the angle part of the top should go at least as far as that. I tent to go a bit further and smooth the transition out between the two pickups. Unrelated, but that inlay work is awesome! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professor Woozle Posted February 24 Report Share Posted February 24 The top is lovely, what timber is it? It looks a bit like olive wood to me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peachtree Posted March 3 Author Report Share Posted March 3 Thanks all for your comments! All makes sense - I've finished my planing and have something I'm decently happy with The top is camphor laurel - my bright idea was to try and use all Australian woods for this build - so camphor for the top and Tassie blackwood for the neck and body. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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