Astracaster First Build FS-1

[fender3x]

Every time I look at it, I see something a little different. On first look the low E looked to be in about the right place, but the high E too far from the edge. On second look I thought maybe the neck angle might just be off a little. Looking at it a third time I am still not sure.

I don't think I'd sand the pocket thought, unless it's too tight. You a good tight joint for the glue to take properly. I understand about the center-block, and agree that it's best to avoid a re-drill if you can.

If you think the neck is straight, but just a little too far toward the treble side, you could sand the bass side and laminate some veneer onto the treble side. That is a hard space to sand, though and you'd need to keep it very flat. If the neck fit is good...I'd try other things first.

[Drashkum]

Every time I look at it, I see something a little different. On first look the low E looked to be in about the right place, but the high E too far from the edge. On second look I thought maybe the neck angle might just be off a little. Looking at it a third time I am still not sure.

I don't think I'd sand the pocket thought, unless it's too tight. You a good tight joint for the glue to take properly. I understand about the center-block, and agree that it's best to avoid a re-drill if you can.

If you think the neck is straight, but just a little too far toward the treble side, you could sand the bass side and laminate some veneer onto the treble side. That is a hard space to sand, though and you'd need to keep it very flat. If the neck fit is good...I'd try other things first.

I tried the whack therapy. It seems to open up a millimeter of a gap on the neck pocket 9n bass side and aligns the strings much better. So i think the way to go. So how do I glue the neck in that position?. Should i shim it? Glue the shim first and glue the neck to it?

But in the downside what it does is that it it puts stress on the Neck Pickup cover and it's pops Out and I am not able to push it back in.. May be i may need to enlarge the pickup cavity a bit to prevent this.

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[fender3x]

I tried the whack therapy. It seems to open up a millimeter of a gap on the neck pocket 9n bass side and aligns the strings much better. So i think the way to go. So how do I glue the neck in that position?. Should i shim it? Glue the shim first and glue the neck to it?

But in the downside what it does is that it it puts stress on the Neck Pickup cover and it's pops Out and I am not able to push it back in.. May be i may need to enlarge the pickup cavity a bit to prevent this.

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I think I'd shim if there is much of a gap either on the heel or in the pickup cavity. Veneer is probably. if you cut multiple strips you can stick them in next to each other as you do the glue up to form a wedge. You want to make sure that there is plenty of contact so that the glue holds the neck well.

Yes, I'd mod the pickup cavity a bit to make the pickup cover fit. The cover will hide a multitude of sins ;-)