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OK, finished now - I'm very happy with how it looks.
Frets are very buzzy, even with the saddles up high. I'll let it settle with strings on for a day or two and sort that out.
a plek will sort out the buzz http://guitar-repairs.ch/ Nearest to Austria!.
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Played really well after that, the plek was just the icing on the cake!...
With shops holding racks of Strats that look like they’ve been on tour with Lynrd Skynrd since the 70’s, it’s been a pleasure to watch this.
Good work.
My numbers are 1.028 - .644 = .384, which is .084 inch too much - or pretty much exactly the 2mm I planned to lose. But before attacking my pretty guitar with a router, it is good to have confirmation that my plan appears to be sound.
As I have a slightly thicker neck, I'll take the pocket rout down to .644 + .84 = .728
I would take the neck down to the kubiki spec first. Then a little out of the pocket....
was slightly easier for me as the neck just needed a quick blow over with some clear after machining... totally get that your neck is finished in tinted poly and could be a ball ache to match up tho’
I thought I'd set it up before dismatling it again to see how it played and sounded - but couldn't set the intonation as the bridge position is not accurate.
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I had spotted the gap but thought it more likely that the scratchplate was cut incorrectly than the bridge rout was wrong - unfortunately not the case. Bother!
are you positive the bridge is pissed? Is the front edge square to the front of the neck pocket?
Also, no need to take the bridge off... I meant is the front edge of the bridge square to the neck?
If the strings are tuned to pitch, is the fretted note at the 12th sharp or flat?
Also with the scratchplate off you can see if the bridge is square to the neck... I can’t imaging a commercially sold body would be that wrong.
I've taken measurements from my black Strat and this one. On this guitar, for these measurements the saddles are as close to the neck as possible. The black Strat is correctly intonated.
Guitar Nut to 12th fret 12th fret to bridge (e) (E)
Black 32.3 32.3 32.8
this guitar 32.4 32.8 32.5
The straight edge of the scratchplate under the strings appears to be correct.
By the way, thanks for asking these questions - it makes me go back and check that I haven't screwed up!
along the high e string: 64.25
along the low E string: 64.15
On my black Strat these measurements are 63.65 for both strings.
from the 12th fret (peak of crown/middle of fret) is 31.3mm to the front edge of the bridge.
Your measurements above suggest a few possibilities.
1) bridge is mounted too far away from nut.
2) bridge is slightly wonky
3) neck is not sitting in the pocket correctly.
4) neck pocket is not long enough.
if you take the scratchplate off you will be able to see where exactly the problem is.
There could be something in the pocket that is preventing the neck sitting in the right place, the scratchplate could be preventing the neck sitting in the right place, bridge may be out of line under the screws or the bridge could really be wonky.
measure from the front edge of the neck pocket to the screws mounting the bridge...
the below pic is from the end of my neck/edge of pocket to the bridge.
http://a65.tinypic.com/23j0jg4.jpg
the key measurement is neck pocket to screw holes!... your bridge is not the same as mine which looks to have a bit more of the base plate extending past the screws towards the neck.
Get it it all lined up without the scratchplate on (if you can).