Reading some search results says people have tried the "space saver" type bags with mixed results. Also seems to depend on the way the veneer was prepared.
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Reading some search results says people have tried the "space saver" type bags with mixed results. Also seems to depend on the way the veneer was prepared.
So here I am talking about veneer... and I haven't even unpacked the kit properly.
So I got out the body and neck, check the fit and the scale, etc...
Nup. That does not fit. No one has even checked that before.
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I don't mean it's tight. I mean it would take a hammer and then it would never come back out again - or break.
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Doesn't even really match the same shape curve at the end.
That's as far as I got with the unpacking.
The tele kit I got from elsewhere as my first build had an impossibly tight pocket so a bit of careful sanding on the sides of the heel of the neck got me a good firm fit, also gave it a bit of a touch around the end of the neck to sort the misfit there as well.
The STA-1 was loose but not too bad so I lined the sides of the neck pocket with some copper shielding tape which tightened it up to the point I was happy with it.
I'm wondering if the problem is actually the corners of the pocket. If the curve matched the heel better the whole unit would move in a mm or so and the sides may well fit properly.
However, before make those sorts of decisions, I need to check the rest of the bits. The tremelo, etc.
So I couldn't check other things like scale length, tremelo position etc without making the neck fit.
I sanded the corners of the heel carefully to make them as closely shaped to the round corners of the pocket as I could. When I started they were quite angular.
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Now it fits quite snugly into the pocket. I can move on.
looks good Sam
pretty decent fit now mate
Like a glove.
Nice work mate. Looks good :-)
Snug as a bug, nice fit now
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