After three different atempts to sort this neck rake I think I am finally getting the right result.
1st attempt, was to put a piece of 3mm thick sapelle frm a headstock veneer on the heal. Not easy to work with and like concrete to try and sand down. The problem with this stuff on a basswood neck is like cheese and charcaol. the veneer was too dark and when I applied the colour it just got darker.
2nd attempt, was to remove the sapelle and just sand the angle in. the end result was that I achieved a perfectly flat surface, problem was the rake was still 5 mm under the bridge. All I had done was parallel the base of the heal to the fretboard(35mm at both ends of the heel). Me thinks they had the wrong angle on the heel as I had sanded about 3mm of the front of the heel and none off the back of it. DOH.
Note to Adam, drop the Set neck DC Jnr, after all it is only a bolt on neck without the holes drilled.
3rd attempt, I cut up about 5 slivers of rock maple of differing lenghts starting from the egde of the neck socket and worked towards the heal in 16mm increments. I then sanded it nice and flat. I have started adding colour to the edge and it is matching in nicely, although you can still see a bit of the seam where the strips are glued along the side of the neck.
To make matters just that little bit harder I am trying to work on this while the grand kids are here from Singapore. makes it hard to sneak out to the shed when the kids want to play games.
Cheers PK
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