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Specs are:
2 piece swamp ash body.
A stunning all rosewood neck from @GSPBASSES very chunky profile, (like a cricket bat with strings).
Clear blonde Nitro supplied by @SteveRobinson .
big block vintage style trem.
vintage style tuners.
CTS and spragues.
Lindy Fralin neck pup.
Fender CS 57's mid and bridge.
8 hole gold anodised scratch plate.
Total Spent? just over £600...
Nil Satis Nisi Optimum
try this https://imgur.com/gallery/3OIm1
Nil Satis Nisi Optimum
www.rexterguitars.co.uk
its in with Charlie chandler have a few mm shaved off the pocket just to sort the geometry out...
this is is the second body I have had from this particular company that has had a wrong neck pocket, the first one was too deep and the pocket needed shimming!... and they CNC the bodies apparently!....
I have a guitarbuild strat body with a pocket slightly too highh imI terrified of mucking it up, it plays beautifully but like yours the saddles are maxed out so there's no room for adjuadjust.
http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/61134/sarge/p1
can I ask, did you buy direct from them or get one from their eBay shop?
http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/61134/sarge/p1
The thickness of the heel, jumbo frets and the slightly shallower neck pocket meant the bridge saddles were maxed out and the action was way too low.
the situation was sorted by milling .050in from the heel of the neck...
http://a67.tinypic.com/w47sj.jpg
Guitar is back together and all is right with the world... it’s off being plek’d at the moment... really can’t wait to get it back!...
You inspired me to get off the my arse and sort mine out, a s8mple shim at the neck end of the pocket dropped the saddles by half, also sort3d out my mistake on the 5way wiring. Happy daus.
http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/61134/sarge/p1
Q1. Scale length. So I get the fact that different guitars have different scale lengths. If you plan to do a strat, do you need to specify things like the exact position of the holes for the bridge plate (I would guess they are so generic, any variation is taken out with the longitudinal adjustment in the bridge saddle) and the neck pocket or is the strat body so generic they all just 'work'
Q2. You show you are having to have the neck shaved so it sits lower in the pocket. was this down to the body manufacturer supplying something out of tolerance or is it a case that one of the inherent jobs in assembly is to either shim or shave the neck to get the correct fit?
thanks in advance for indulging me but the end result looks so good I might have a go.... And that's scary!