...only if you don't mind the hammer bouncing off the frets and whacking you in the face...a proper fret hammer absorbs the shock and prevents this!
Oh! And when you get your new fret hammer it is a good thing to sand off any sharp edges! You don't want sharp edges imprinted on your frets.
Gavmeister
An easy neck support can be made from a cut off leg from an old pair of jeans, some sand and two zip ties.
Zip tie one end, fill with sand and zip tie the the end.
This will conform to the shape of the neck and act as a shock absorber.
There is always a workaround for glitches, mistakes and other Guitar building gremlins.....
Hey there, my tl-1 arrived today and is mostly perfect.
I noticed the neck fit isn't quite perfect and just wanted to check what your opinions are
on how to deal with it.
The pickguard doesn't hide the gaps unfortunately.
Too easy
Grab your trusty file and simply round the heel of the neck a touch.
Do it a little at a time and you should get rid of most of that gap.
There is always a workaround for glitches, mistakes and other Guitar building gremlins.....
Thanks DB, that's what I was planning on doing, just wanted to check before making any adjustments to the neck, as once you've taken away wood, it's a bit hard to put back
One more question, am I able to use the yellow wudtone neck finish on the fretboard?
You can use any of the appropriate finishes but i'm not sure why you'd want to paint the fretboard? Best to use an oil like Dr ducks AXE wax or similar on a fretboard....
Just to clarify, we're talking about a maple board.
You'll often see a tinted lacquer on all of a maple boarded teles neck, including the fretboard.
Quick update, I've managed to largely get rid of the gap at the end of the heel by rounding the neck heel ever so slightly. But, the neck fit is still is very loose, and the gaps on the side of the neck remain, the pocket is too large for the neck. I just checked the fit on my flying v, which is so tight you could almost lift the thing by the neck without bolting it on.
Argh! My stupidity seems to know no bounds. The top coats are done and I was going to begin wiring tomorrow, but I hadn't wudtoned enough of the neck heel. Thus another base coat was applied to that part of the neck and I'll have to wait for that before I can continue. It's a very, very small area on the base of the neck, should I bother with applying more top coats or am I ok to continue? Only positive today is the pb-4 I just got on ebay, I'm thinking azure lagoon.
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