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  1. Great advise. I will see what I have for scrap hardwood laying around. That would be the easiest if I can find one that will work. I appreciate your help. I've changed a lot of parts over the years and guitars but I've never built one. It's been an interesting project but it's been fun. Already have plans for more... Can't say I have funds for more right now but one day. Thanks again.
  2. Alright so I put a washer on the back two screws and that makes the angle just right. I measured those washers at 0.04 in. So from the front of the pocket to where the screws are (2.5 in), that makes it just about right at 1 degree. At least that's what it gave me when I put it into SketchUp. I'm assuming that is what I need to order then. Any words of advice before I do so?
  3. Thanks for the reply. I've already set the nut height as well as make sure the neck is straight and done the fretwork. I don't think any of that is the problem. On top of that, after the lacquer was sprayed on, I made sure the neck pocket was cleaned out so I'm good there as well. The neck pocket is 5/8 inch deep and the neck itself from the hill to the top of the fretboard as one inch. To me it looks like it has plenty of clearance from the top of the body to the overhang of the fretboard. It looks comparable to other strat guitars I have. With the saddles all the way down and the bridge all the way down, I would probably have to put a flat shim that is around two tenths of an inch thick to make the strings set where they should but that would still be with the bridge and saddles all the way down. I really think I need to put an angle on it but that's just what I'm thinking. I had a piece of pine and was able to cut hey 1.5 degree angle shim. I trimmed that up nicely and checked it in the guitar. I didn't screw anything together but it looks like that might be a little too much. Maybe something at 1 degree or 1.25 degree would be best. I can make sure the holes on the body are slightly bigger than the screws and also make sure the holes in the shim give proper clearance for the screws as well. Is there any reason not to use pine for a shim? If not, I feel like I can pretty accurately cut some. Not sure though where it is a softer wood. I can also post some pictures if that would help out at all. For what it's worth, the bridge is a two-post Gotoh TS510T bridge that I plan on floating. It doesn't set flush against the body like a traditional strat unless you recess the ferals for the post. I drilled them so they sit flush with the body. Not sure I can get them back out now but I don't think it will be a problem.
  4. I've got my partscaster all built and everything seems well except I've realized I need to add a neck shim to change the angle. Currently, I can not lower my bridge or saddles anymore and I can't get the action I need. I'm planning on going with the Stew Mac angled shims but I'm not sure what angle to get. Is there anyway to easily figure how much a change in angle will allow my bridge to be raised? Also, since my holes are already drilled and changing the neck angle will bind the screws between the neck and body, should I plug the holes in the neck and redrilled it? I appreciate any help I can get. Thanks in advance.
  5. MiKro thanks for the drawing. That will will be perfect. Thank all of you for the advice. Pretty straightforward.
  6. Thanks for your replies. I planned on just throwing a low E and a high E string, measuring out to the right scale and marking holes but then I got a little paranoid. Really don't want to screw it up so that's why I was looking for a template. In the end, I still would probably do that even with a template but just using the template as a reference. The bridge that I have is this one. Not the Wilkinson model.
  7. I'm new here and sorry to come asking for help. I'm building a HH rear route strat of which I have all the parts and I'm just starting to drill holes for initial setup before finishing the body. I have a Gotoh two post trem and the body I am using says it is cut and routed as an american standard strat. From the specs I can find, I believe it to be dead on but it was not drilled for the trem so that there was the option for use of different trems. I chose to go with the two post but I have searched the internet for a printable template and I can not find one. I just want to make sure my drill holes are dead on but I'm too cheap and broke to by a $40 stewmac routing template to make sure the holes are correct. My hope is that someone on here can help me out with a template that I can print out and use for drilling.
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