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The fingerboard should be able to lie flat on the top of the neck and the
top without any gap under the fingerboard. If there is a gap, the pocket
may need to be lowered.
See High Tang/In Plane – Next page.
Insert Neck Tang
Once the neck is “in plane” glue in the neck tang. Be sure it clamps flat
and does not “creep” out while gluing.
“Creep” is when a glue joint moves during the gluing and clamping
process. It is important to have straight downward clamping pressure and
not clamping at an angle. Angled clamping pressure can often slowly pull
pieces away from each other during a glue up.
NOTE:
You may find that if you change the neck
angle, the neck tang may be too long and push the
neck away from the body (shown in picture). Simply
shorten the length of the neck tang on the end that fits
into the neck. Be sure to sand this evenly so that the
tang fits nicely into the neck pocket.
Note: You will also need to be sure the bottom of the tang mortise is at
the same height as the mortise in the body. If they are not equal, set up a
router with a straight bit and freehand the groove staying away from the
sides of the mortise. Clean up cut with a chisel. Typically, the body
mortise would need to be lowered by a very small amount….1/32” to
1/16”.
Test Fitting
Once you have everything where you like it, bolt it all
together in a dry fit and sand the top of the neck tang
flush with the top.
Important Neck Angle Troubleshooting & Support
As each kit may vary slightly, it is important to get the neck in “plane”
with the top. If this step is rushed without careful attention to detail, setup
for good playability in the later steps will be very difficult to correct at
that time.
If you encounter an issue that you are not comfortable troubleshooting,
please e-mail us a digital picture to
info@usguitarkits.com
with a
description and we will contact you immediately to get you back on
track. Our goal is to ensure 100% customer satisfaction.
