Mark's PRS-1H Buid

[Bakersdozen]

Something that's not visible in my build diary is how I ensured that the neck is/was in the correct place when I set it...

When dry I found the correct location for the nut and 12th fret relative to the bridge. I then created a block spacer (in my case a tiny piece of plywood) to fit in the gap between the neck tongue and the back of the first PU cavity. Essentially I extended the neck tongue to the back of the hole.

After glueing the spacer block in place in the PU hole I could then be sure the neck would be in the correct place when I set it eliminating the need to do bridge to 12th fret measurements during the actual neck setting process.

A picture tells a thousand words.

Great tip thanks Marcel. I was thinking along the same lines, however it didn't dawn on me to do this prior to setting. The heel on my neck unfortunately isn't a flush 90° angle, so it will take some creativity to get the spacer shaped correctly.

Fortunately, for me the scale length is perfect when I align the end of the fretboard with the neck side of the pickup rout. So I already have a good marker

[Marcel]

Great tip thanks Marcel. I was thinking along the same lines, however it didn't dawn on me to do this prior to setting. The heel on my neck unfortunately isn't a flush 90° angle, so it will take some creativity to get it shaped.

Neither was mine. I took the plunge and squared off the end of the neck tongue, which gave me a nice even 7mm gap all the way across that the ply snugly filled.

When I set the neck the excess glue 'solidified' the tiny chunk of ply.... In my axe the neck is pretty damn solid in the body now....