So, I said I would finish this one day, and I've finally decided to unstring, unsolder and de-neck it to correct some issues of my own making.

First and foremost, the lousy job I did with the neck. I measured and double-measured the scale length, but didn't allow for compensation. The intonation was close enough for rhythm, but beyond 9th fret it got sketchy, and over time the action got higher and higher (higher!). And because the break angle was wrong, I couldn't lower the bridge.

So I made the decision to pry the neck. I gave it some heat, and very patiently worked it loose. There's a bit of damage around the neck pocket but it's all superficial.

Then I spent most of the weekend fitting the neck with different shims and spacers to get the break and scale length right:




Eventually I settled on spacing the neck by an extra 6mm, and a shim sloping from about 1mm at the bridge side, down to a sharp point neck side. With that I can bring the strings right down to touch the frets, but with the bridge raised a few mill I get a good low action and best of all, accurate intonation.

So, boom - glued. And it's going to sit for about a week to cure.





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