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Old 02-01-2014, 10:16 AM
Vognell Vognell is offline
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Most classical makers build in a slight angle to the neck - in my case the nut end of the neck is raised 1.5mm from a straight line through the body and 12th fret.

I brought a classical guitar to a "talented" repairman who gave me the same story you stated (neck came forward, you have a "positive" angle in relation to the body). A little poking around and I found out the dude was full of _____. I brought the guitar in because of a pronounced bowing of the neck, which he never even commented on.

For an electric or steel string, the neck is set back from the body by a few degrees, on a classical it comes up somewhat. My "skilled" repairman did not know this. Depending on how far "forward" the neck is, you may not have a problem.

Your repair dude wasn't in the Orlando area, was he?
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