GT1-Reach
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Hi guys,
i am currently building my first partscaster made out of a Warmoth Neck and a MJT Body. I thought i had think this through enough, but one Thing slipped through.
My guitar was/is planned to have a non recessed Non fine tuner floyd rose. Yesterday i build it up and than it striked me. Of course i have to say, the guitar is not Setup in any way at the Moment, i will my luthier let do this.
The guitar is pretty much unplayable because the strings are way to near to the fretboard, beginning at around the 8 or 9th fret until the 17th or 18th fret. After short inspection i saw that the neck sits in an angle in the pocket. of course this is a angled pocket Body. i wasnt Aware of this. For someone who was pretty much hazzle free regarding floyds until now, i never read something about a angled neck pocket before or stumbled upon this topic. yeah, where i'm living, right? :icon_biggrin:
I start to wonder why you would Need this angle? Please tell me if i am severly wrong here, but i think without an angle this guitar would be pretty much good to go.
On monday i will go to my luthier for the Setup and i will ask him what to do. I am not a big fan of neck shims (technically they might work well, but i cant stand the thought that a guitar Needs a shim to work at all). Or maybe its just a Setup Thing? maybe the neck Needs adjustment? I dont know, but i think its not a Setup Thing here. If this guitar would Need a shim, would it be possible to just eliminate the angle by sanding it down? of course done by my luthier.
Or am i totally wrong here?
Of course hard to tell without any Pictures, i will post photos of the guitar and the Problem in some hours when i am home again.
Greetz!
i am currently building my first partscaster made out of a Warmoth Neck and a MJT Body. I thought i had think this through enough, but one Thing slipped through.
My guitar was/is planned to have a non recessed Non fine tuner floyd rose. Yesterday i build it up and than it striked me. Of course i have to say, the guitar is not Setup in any way at the Moment, i will my luthier let do this.
The guitar is pretty much unplayable because the strings are way to near to the fretboard, beginning at around the 8 or 9th fret until the 17th or 18th fret. After short inspection i saw that the neck sits in an angle in the pocket. of course this is a angled pocket Body. i wasnt Aware of this. For someone who was pretty much hazzle free regarding floyds until now, i never read something about a angled neck pocket before or stumbled upon this topic. yeah, where i'm living, right? :icon_biggrin:
I start to wonder why you would Need this angle? Please tell me if i am severly wrong here, but i think without an angle this guitar would be pretty much good to go.
On monday i will go to my luthier for the Setup and i will ask him what to do. I am not a big fan of neck shims (technically they might work well, but i cant stand the thought that a guitar Needs a shim to work at all). Or maybe its just a Setup Thing? maybe the neck Needs adjustment? I dont know, but i think its not a Setup Thing here. If this guitar would Need a shim, would it be possible to just eliminate the angle by sanding it down? of course done by my luthier.
Or am i totally wrong here?
Of course hard to tell without any Pictures, i will post photos of the guitar and the Problem in some hours when i am home again.
Greetz!