Hi everyone, I've had my kit for a couple of weeks now. Did a mock build straight away, have done grain filling and sanding.........plenty of sanding. I'm looking at a solid colour for the body and neck, not sure on gloss or satin black, or maybe even a carbon fibre look. I've changed the bridge for a Rick replica which needed a slight recess in the body. I clamped the neck and bridge in place to get the positions right, and made sure the E and G string spacings were good before any holes were made, it seems to have come out OK so far but now I need to pick some brains.
I've read a few posts on other RC-4 builds that mention putting a wedge shim under the neck with this type of bridge but I'm not sure if thats something I'm going to need to do.
I've also used a straight edge from the bridge along the neck and found there is a 2mm gap at 20th fret, no gap at the 7th, and a 1mm gap at the 1st fret. I've not touched the truss rod yet. Any advice at this stage would be greatly appreciated. :-)
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