I put a heavy E string on it and ran it through practice amp to make absolutely sure the entire circuit worked. Everything tested OK as far as the electrics.
Now that Ive got neck seated properly Im just waiting for my drill to charge up.
Neck bolted on. While it was sitting flat for me before, now that gap is back on the treble side. Thought the bolts would pull any slighter gapping together, but it didn't.
I'd leave it at least a day without doing anything to it with the strings tuned up to normal pitch. The neck needs to settle under tension before you do any more.
Then the set-up should proceed in the following order:
A) Adjust the truss rod for the correct neck bow - just very slightly concave. Do this slowly, maximum 1/4 turn at a time and wait for the neck to settle down before re-adjusting.
B) Adjust the saddle height to set up your preferred action. To take the high nut out of the equation, it can pay to use a capo on the 1st fret when doing this.
C) Cut the nut slots so that the strings are just above the first fret but not buzzing on it when played. You can then probably reduce the overall height of the nut as well by filing (and then polishing), as you only need the slots deep enough to cover the strings.
D) Set up the saddle intonation.
Anyway, here it is, right before I put strings on... I didn't like the push-on knobs that came with it, but found some similar ones in my parts box that fit a little better after I took the pic.
Zero fret might give me some room to work with as far as neck relief goes. What Ill need to avoid is a setup that has the bridge sitting so high that the bridge pickup cant get close to it.
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