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Old 01-13-2020, 11:10 AM
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Another low to no cost option is to loosen and separate the back from the neck and sides just on the upper end, ( about 5 inches either side of the neck) then just re-glue that joint, but pull the heel of the neck towards the tail end of the guitar just a small bit ( 1/8" is probably more than enough) . The idea is to angle the neck back just a few degrees, just enough to get the playing height back to where it should be. Make sure the neck is straight in line with the bridge when you do this, and glue it back together. This method doesn't require removing the bridge, or the neck. This was the normal way to adjust a neck set prior to Luthier's figuring out that the neck joint could be steamed loose and re-set.
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