no way back now..i have just been installing the 1st bits of hardware
I needed the bridge and 2 tuners installed to check the alignment of the neck.. the bridge pins went in surprisingly well.. they seem to be in there pretty solidly.. i've been reading horror stories about those but mine seem fine..
turns out the sideways problem has been solved.. (i do need to fabricate me a shim though.. there's a bit of a gap between body and neck).. however there remains the non existent action unless i mount the bridge stoopidly high..
in this last pic you should be able to see what i mean.. the strings actually do not get up off the fretboard.. i do realise the bridge was mounted pretty much as low as possible.. but otherwise A: it looks silly i.m.o. and B: the space between strings and pups would be way too big.
the questions now are.. should i try to change the break angle on the neck.. or just plane it down so it sits lower.. or a combination of the 2..?
and then a couple of unrelated questions.. A: i'm unfamiliar with this type of bridge.. should it sit paralel to the body or paralel to the strings??
and B: i know the distance from the nut to the 12th fret should be half of the scale length and from the 12th to the bridge a bit bigger.. approximately how much is a bit? so i can check if the neck is in the correct position down the strings wise
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