Originally Posted by
Singing Frog
When I set it up initially I thought the action was fine but then I screwed down the resonator cone and found the strings were touching the fret board, only just so I place a thin strip of wood under the pickup, about 1.5mm and this worked perfectly. Your fret board does look a little lower. you don't seem to have much room between the resonator top plate and the end of the fret board (to fit the pickup), with mine I glued the neck in position with the pickup in place, there was about 1-1.5mm gap between the end of the neck and the back of the body socket and being a wedge shape the neck pulled in tight with the socket. This put the measurements out slightly (nut to 12 fret to bridge) but the intonation seems spot on. Remember when you screw down the resonator cone it has to be slightly angled so the lighter strings are slightly shorter.