Quote Originally Posted by BuffaloGhost View Post
Tailpiece measurement is easier with a bit of string or cotton. (I’m
Building the same kit) fit your tuning pegs and wrap the string around one. Then you can pull it from the peg around the back of the headstock and runnit down the length of the fret board. With a piece of masking tape secur it where you think the screw of the bigsby would go and then measure the neck and anywhere else you can to see if it’s centred. I was surprised that mine ended up bang on where the two bits of veneer met.


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Would you do this before or after glueing the neck? And would you do that before or after finishing the guitar?
I recall it being wise to do the drilling before finishing the guitar, however using a cotton string when the neck is not glued in place seems kind of hard since in would have to clamp the neck to stay in place. I mostly see that being done with an F-clamp in the middle of the fretboard.