Captain Nutslot
Friend of Leo's
That’ll work, yeah?
Good Neck Angle? No frets yet
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Freeman Keller
Doctor of Teleocity
What I think I see is some sort of tune-o-matic bridge sitting on the top of a guitar and a straight edge sitting on top. I like to do that put I put the bridge on something the same thickness as the tops of the studs and they adjusters. In other words the bridge is the equivalent of its lowest adjustable position.
How high is that bridge going to sit when it’s on the studs? Unless you’re going to recess it, I think your neck angle is a hair shallow.
Captain Nutslot
Friend of Leo's
I checked and I think that is where it will be at it’s lowest, maybe a fraction higher... I’ll get a pic and fix that sideways crap... whoops
Captain Nutslot
Friend of Leo's
If you set it like that, you're essentially giving yourself no room to adjust the bridge down. How confident are you that you'll never need to do that?
Captain Nutslot
Friend of Leo's
It’s kissing the saddle at it’s lowest point without frets in yet... that’s not what I want? I feel like it’s what I want lol
Captain Nutslot
Friend of Leo's
Isn’t there a haikus for this step? ...
stormin1155
Tele-Holic
Looks good to me.
What's the point of an adjustable bridge if you build your guitar so you have no room to adjust it?
monkeybanana
Tele-Afflicted
And what if you want a Bigsby or vibrola later!
Captain Nutslot
Friend of Leo's
But it seems once frets and strings are on I’ll have to raise it... giving me room to lower it. ?
tigger
Tele-Meister
Yes. I think it's down to the question of how low you want it to be. A typical low angle on an early SGs is 2.5 degrees. I can't tell of course but it seems to me that your neck angle is lower. You may end up with not a lot of space for pickups as well.
JohnnyThul
Tele-Holic
Hi Captain,
As you wrote, there are no frets installed yet, so, I'd say you are fine with the angle. BUT taking into account, that sometimes weird things can happen during glueing the neck that can slightly change the angle, it is in my opinion not bad if one would have a little more tolerance.
But actually, when I determine the angles for my set necks, I do it the way you do, but with frets installed and give a little more clearance which basically comes out more or less to what you have done here.
Additionally, even if one ever meets the problem of being not able to set the action lower, you may file down the saddles or the bridge itself for example.
Best regards
Jonas
tigger
Tele-Meister
I went back to my guitars and IMHO this is a good height. Without frets I would have that ruler somewhere about 10-11mm above the body which seems to be your case. This is for a TOM bridge but I think there isn't a significant height difference there.
Captain Nutslot
Friend of Leo's
Thanks for the replies guys. All good food for thought! Don’t wanna mess this up this step...
