Quote Originally Posted by Pendragon View Post
These are picture of it without anything in the pocket, straight to neck. I tried again with the shim kit I bought off eBay, it only improved to about 7mm so this is where the block from donner neck comes in. I'm at a loss to how to move forward, if I buy more shims the angle will increase but if I transpose the angle it can be reduced, although how many shims will I be putting into the pocket to correct this?

Once again I'm at a loss more parts means more money, of which I have nothing. The block does correct the issue but it is too large and at an angle which I'll have to correct with sanding down. Part of me wishes I never have bought this kit but on the other hand if it is finished and works correctly it will be one of kind, my very own baritone.
wow, your nut is stratospherically high. Shave it off at the bottom. The string height at the first fret shout be .020 over low E and .010 over high E. This is regardless of what you do with the bridge or neck relief or anything. If you press 3rd fret, there should be very little movement at the 1st, barely noticeable. Then make sure your neck is straight, there is 0 relief. Then I would get the mustang bridge instead. another 20-25 bucks you'd need to fork out unfortunately.

another thing you can do is to drill bigger diameter holes under the studs to sink them lower. I've seen that done