Here we go... Muzza's first build. Non PBG PRS-1TS

[Muzza]

So, after all that crap, I guess I'm happy with how the headstock is going. Nobody will see the learning curves.

Now on to the bits where I ask for advice. When I first did my dry test fit, to my eye the neck looked to be dead straight, lining up perfectly with the body. But when I put the straight edge on it tonight I found that I DO in fact need to straighten it out a tad. Do I take material off the neck's heel, or from the socket? Uber, sooper dooper, mega sharp chisel, or more f@%king sanding???


The bottom of the heel doesn't quite sit snugly on the bottom of the socket. I reckon I might just put the eensy weensy tiniest of shims in there to fill the gap. Or will the Titebond fill it up?


I measured from the face of the nut to the centre of the 12th fret and (I think) it was 314mm. It was also 314mm from the centre of the 12th fret to the centre of the hole for the bridge on the treble side. I'm assuming the hole will be in the correct spot for the bass side. (Unless the same guy that drills the headstock also drills the bridge holes... ) Any advice on the correct location of the bass side bridge hole?

Then I put the straight edge along the fretboard (after straightening the neck with the truss rod) and measured the height at the bridge location. It's 18mm. Is that about right for a Tune-0-Matic bridge?


LAST QUESTION! (Well, for tonight, anyway...) Where the neck sits in the socket, it partly obscures the hole where the wires are going to pass. Should I remove a bit of material from the corner in front of the hole, or should I just get over it???


Thanks in advance, and thanks for having me Adam.