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Hey everyone, just wanted to update you, I think that we are allowed to vote once per day. If you voted, thank you so much!!!! Spread the word, and try back to see if it lets you vote again! Thanks Andre

Hey guys, I have since been shaping the shim of the PRS 311 tribute project guitar, and am very close to having it ready for glueing. I 'll post pics soon. This is a bit off topic, but I need your help. My band is in a contest to play in front of thousands and all we need are votes on this website. This is for a foundation againt cancer, and we could win a spot on this huge music festival in sept. Can you go to www.perurocks.org/show-your-strength , scroll down and check out the bands, and then vote for Open Horizons? It would be so helpful to us. We were in the lead previously, but somehow the system screwed us and reset everyones votes. Please vote, and spread the word if possible!!! Thanks so much!!! Andre

Here are some pics this gives you an idea of what the guy was doing. Glad I got in there and stopped him!!!!!! So what do you guys think? If I alter only the shim, then anymistakes will be very much reversible. I think that all I need to do is angle the shim a bit, and possibly make it thinner all around. Then the neck will sit lower and be even with the bridge on an angle. Thanks Dre

Ok here are some updates. I had the guitar tech remove the neck, which he did successfully. Then I had him add a shim to he pocket to both raise the neck and add the proper angle. He seems to be quite slow, and is not understanding things. He keeps saying that if the angle is too great then the strings will not play at the top frets. I dont think he is correct in this case. I had him contact me to check his work before he glued again. Today I saw the shim and it still wasnt right!! I tried explain to him that the shim was too high and he needed to angle it, but he said it couldnt be done. I took the guitar back home, and decided that I can do this, with my own common sense and education, and some of your help. After examining things, I know what needs to be done. The shim needs to be angled a little bit, and possibly thinned. I am going to do this in steps and slowly, so that I get it right. I will take some pictures and attach, so you can see what the guy was doing and what needs to be done to improve this. Dre

Yes, I know that can be done. At this point I am either going to remove the neck and do the neck angle right, or try to lower the bridge a bit and see what we can ge tout of it. I will speak to the luthier tomorrow and see what he thinks. Thanks for all your help. Any other ideas are welcome Andre

Yea exactly. The only reason that I didnt do it was that I have never done a set neck before, and knew I would need shims. I even explained the situation to the guy. I am going to explain the problem tomorrow. Im disappointed but know that we can remedy this somehow. He glued the neck in last week. I am not sure what the curing times for wood glue are, but is there still a way we can remove the neck safely and easily? Right now its either remove the neck, shim it up and have perfect action, or try to recess the bridge. I dont think a tune o matic would work because the post positions are slightly wider for the wraparound bridge. I will double check this, however. I still want to stay with the wraparound, since Im making a replica of Tim Mahoney (311)'s guitar, and want it to be close to his! We'll see tomorrow what this guy says, and whether he is going to go out of his way to help me. Thanks for the input guys. Andre

The local guy had the bridge when he set the neck. He probably didnt fully analyze the situation and moved to set the neck too quickly, thinking that it was fine. Im going to talk to him today about the problem and see what his solutions are. I am also sending an email to the original builder of the pieces to get some of his insight. Would removing the neck be potentially dangerous? It would be the best solution to just add a shim, but if it could damage the pieces, I could just lower the bridge a bit. I dont even have to recess the bridge into the body, but if I just let the posts sit low enough so that the bridge is flat against the top, this could make the action decent. Thanks Andre

Hey this is andre, i just joined the site, right now i got an ed roman quicksilver. How can i load a picture from my computer ? Thanks