In need of help routing a neck rout

[jonn]

Hello all, its been a bit since I've been on here but now that I'm in the mood to start working on a project again I have a question.

I'm currently working on a Les Paul and was going to put a bolt-on neck on it. does the neck rout have to be angled down a specific degree? If so what degree? I just don't want to screw up the nice neck I've purchased through Warmoth.

-Jonn

 

[DangerousR6]

So you're going to take a les paul and turn it into a bolt on? :icon_scratch: Like a real LP or a copy?

But to answer your question, yes it needs to be angled between 3 to 4 degrees..

 

[jonn]

im building the body from scratch, at that 3-4 degrees what should the bridge height be? sorry for all the questions, this is my first build  :tard:

 

[jonn]

its a tune-o-matic with a stop bar

 

[DangerousR6]

im building the body from scratch, at that 3-4 degrees what should the bridge height be? sorry for all the questions, this is my first build  :tard:

Well there's really no way to tell until you get it built and start putting it all together. It just depends on how all of your parts fall into place. :dontknow:

 

[jonn]

okay, so there's not really a way to know for certain what the height on the bridge would be? i thought the bridge depended on the neck angle and vice versa.  ???

 

[bagman67]

If you have the 3-4 degree angle that should put it within the range of the tune-o-matic bridge's height-adjustment screws.  You don't need to know the precise height of the bridge because you'll adjust the bridge height to the neck angle, not the other way around.

 

[jonn]

alright, now it makes a bit more sense, thanks  :icon_thumright:

 

[stubhead]

It's a critical measurement, but not a hard one... Like R6 says, as long as you've got all the stuff right there, you can just "measure to the piece." Long before you think about painting and finishing, before you've put the router away  :laughing3:, you want to mount the outside two tuners to the neck, and the bridge to the body. The bushings go in, studs on, everything - the bushings are easy to cover when you start the finishing. And then you just sacrifice a couple of strings, and use that period to check all your alignments and clearances. Killing a few strings early, vs. goinking the entire thing, is pretty cheap in comparison.

 

[leo12.]

:sign13: Do a trial run on a piece, You can check the neck pocket fit & your angles.