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02-25-2015, 06:30 PM
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Advice Wanted....Shimming A Neck
I have a tele and just upgraded to a six-saddle bridge. As expected, the neck angle may need to be adjusted because the new tray is thicker and the saddles will not lower the action quite enough.
What material do you use to shim the neck? Is this a pretty simple adjustment? Any advoce? I don't mind paying for a setup but I would like to learn to do these things for myself....and I live an hour from a large city. 
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02-25-2015, 07:38 PM
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Depends on what you're trying to do. A piece of sandpaper cut to 1.25 inches in length by .5 inches in width should do. If you want to raise the action on the fingerboard, glue the shim towards the headstock end of the neck pocket. If you want to lower the action on the fingerboard, glue it on the bridge side. Any shim you put in the neck pocket is not just going to affect your action, it's also going to affect your neck relief, so check your neck to see if the truss rod needs a minor adjustment after you put the shim in.
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02-25-2015, 08:53 PM
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Very simple. Make it easy on yourself an cut a business card down to size to create a rectangle about 1-2 inches wide (as said previously) and place it as was explained in the previous reply. The standard business card is a perfect thickness unless the angle is way off? I don't glue the shim. If the card is cut to snuggle fit the neck cavity just place it in and reattach the neck. Guys use everything from picks to automotive feeler guages to do the job. I don't believe a shim is going to have any perceptible effect on sound regardless of what it is made of.
Last edited by terrapin; 02-25-2015 at 08:59 PM.
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02-27-2015, 02:18 PM
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As mentioned all these will work. In my shop I would use maple or what ever wood the neck is made out of and use a block plane to get the angle right. All the above will work, that's the beauty of a bolt on neck.
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03-01-2015, 08:09 AM
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Advice Wanted....Shimming A Neck
I need to do this to my Tele too. The method described above by redir is my preferred (though most work) option. It makes sense to me that making a shim with a slight wedge shape that fills the neck pocket is the best option for the neck though there are plenty of people who have used the other methods with no issues. I guess technically a shim that doesn't cover the whole area can over time affect the shape of the neck where it has been sitting on the shim - has anyone here done this and had negative consequences?
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03-02-2015, 01:27 AM
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Advice Wanted....Shimming A Neck
This is a good article:
http://www.premierguitar.com/articles/19686-guitar-shop-101-how-to-shim-a-bolt-on-neck
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03-02-2015, 08:19 AM
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Quote:
 I definitely lack the tools to make one of brass, but I admire the poster who does! Swanky.
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