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Neck angle?? No shims please.

Posted: Tue May 15, 2018 4:18 pm
by MakoGat
In the planning stages of a mahogany chambered body with centre block and flat cap and one thing that is bothering me is neck pocket angle.
It will have bolt on neck, Gibson style bridge, now I see LPs have around 4 degrees and without all components at hand all I can think of doing is a full scale side profile drawing with bridge height to measure the neck pocket angle I need to cut.

Any thoughts guys n gals?

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Posted: Tue May 15, 2018 4:20 pm
by Bg
I agree, I think it would pay to do a full scale drawing :)

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Posted: Tue May 15, 2018 4:23 pm
by MakoGat
Dammit, i knew someone would say that

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Posted: Tue May 15, 2018 4:23 pm
by Bg
safest way I would think :)

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Posted: Tue May 15, 2018 4:25 pm
by Bg
suppose you could make a mockup body out of mdf and get the neck angle that way, route 4 degrees first etc

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Posted: Tue May 15, 2018 4:31 pm
by MakoGat
a "rough" or test body will be made prior just to check positioning of everything but may do the drawing to rest my troubled mind haha

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Posted: Tue May 15, 2018 4:40 pm
by MakoGat
Already drawn up headstock design, body design, soundhole drawings, electrics template for wiring etc so I guess one more drawing wont hurt.

Then Ill need to program these up on cnc

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Posted: Tue May 15, 2018 5:14 pm
by olegmcnoleg
Would it not be easier to plane down the end of the neck at a slight angle?

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Posted: Tue May 15, 2018 5:28 pm
by willow13
olegmcnoleg wrote:Would it not be easier to plane down the end of the neck at a slight angle?
yeah this. I would make the neck pocket flat and angle the heel of the neck to suit

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Posted: Tue May 15, 2018 5:36 pm
by Single coil
^^^^^^

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Posted: Tue May 15, 2018 6:39 pm
by Jay
No need to draw
All you need is meter long straight edge, flat table top and the bridge or its dimensions so you can use a bridge dummy. You can figure the rest out yourself

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Posted: Tue May 15, 2018 6:42 pm
by Bg
protractor? or omg maths???? NOOOOOOOOOO!

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Posted: Tue May 15, 2018 6:44 pm
by godgrinder
Or you could countersink the bridge, Ibanez do that sometimes.
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Posted: Tue May 15, 2018 6:52 pm
by Bg
godgrinder wrote:Or you could countersink the bridge, Ibanez do that sometimes.
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actually yes, godin do too, very cool idea

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Posted: Tue May 15, 2018 7:57 pm
by Single coil
Countersunk bridge is mean