I am tearing my hair out! I get the side to side right, then I muck that up trying to get the tilt right. I bought the sides down so much that I ended up with a hump in middle of the heal on the neck... level that and then the side to side AND the tilt were out.... almost back at square one. At this rate, I am not going to have a neck left after another twenty nights of shaving it away. I am getting very angry. The edges of the neck are not even touching the sides. I've been pushing down on the neck so much that I have pressed flat smooth places on to the sides. I will not settle for a high action - I hate high actions.
I'm wild - I am sure that the bottom of the tenon is now touching on mortise within the neck block (Is that the right way around?) and any further adjustments I make will just make the joint looser, messier and even harder to set.
Notice how the 12th fret is now lower than the edge of the body.
Frustrated, angry, confused and doubting my ability. I give up tonight.
Time taken : 2.5 Hours
Tools used : same as last night
AU$'s spent : Nil (but I'd pay to have that neck perfect).
1 comment:
Ted,
I will second the advice to post a pic on the OLF.
I've seen some advice where a piece of sand paper is placed between the body and the neck. Then you pull the sandpaper out.
There is also a dvd by a guy named John Mayes that shows a similar technique. http://mayesguitars.com/mayesmusic/dvd.html
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