Hello Gents,
ive been slowly putting together a partscaster and ive come across a few issues.
wired it all up today put both E strings on to check it and it seems there is loud grounding noise that only goes away when i touch the input jack. Have I got the 2 leads to the jack back to front or ground issue elsewhere?
Also the high E doest run parallel to the fretboard and is almost falling off by the time it reaches the heel end of the neck. The bridge looks straight and all bridge holes lined up with the pre-drilled holes in the body and the strings pass through the body perfectly. The neck looks to sit flush along the walls of the pocket.
the body pocket is square like a tele but the neck heel is rounded as a strat, could this be the issue or do you think the bridge is at fault?
first time I've built a guitar from parts so forgive me ignorance, any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
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Try giving the neck a bit of a tug - it'll creak a touch. That said, you've put a strat neck heel into a Tele pocket - it won't be ideal, but I think it should intonate.
If you have that's probably your problem: clean it out back to bare wood, then twist the output wires to counter RFI.
As for the neck, hold a steel rule against each side of the neck to see how it aligns with the bridge?
As others have said, loosening off the screws and twisting the neck as you retighten them can sometimes do the trick.