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Do you have a pic?
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Now that it's sorted (wood glue and cocktail sticks in the old holes, then re-drilled), it's bloody great.
I sanded and chizzled the neck joint for a better fit so could be the problem. Pictures will hopefully clarify this
On a screwed-on neck electric guitar, if the string alignment is out in the way that you describe, this can be corrected by performing a sort of chiropractic manoeuvre on the joint.
Not sure what'd be easier at that point - moving the bridge, or filling the screwholes in the neck, re-seating it and re-drilling.
is there any play in the neck pocket for adjustment? if there is loosen the screws, adjust and retighten
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You will need to cut a tapering sliver of wood away from the body at the outer end on the bass side, so the neck can turn slightly in the pocket - not move sideways. It will make a surprisingly large difference for a small amount of wood removed, so don't overdo it.
You can work out how much you need to remove - if the strings need to move 4mm to the left at the end of the neck (about what it looks like I think), the nut end of the neck needs to move by about twice that, ie 8mm. The length of the neck pocket is about 3" and the length of the neck to the nut about 18", which is a 1:6 ratio, so you need to remove 0.75mm of wood from the outer end of the pocket to create the necessary angle. (Sorry for mixing metric and imperial .)
If the screw holes in the neck and body then don't line up, enlarge the outer end ones in the body - they don't need to be a tight fit.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein