Stuck in the house after tripping over a pot hole and injuring my hand and found this . Decided it’s my next song to learn now that live music has started again.
 

@tej
People don’t say that to me very often

@tej 
40mm is fine it’s actually easier with a small plane

@tej Ive made a very rough sketch of how I would estimate the finished taper in wood. Hope you can understand it. Lay a ruler as shown from the tape to the front of heel and put your wood shim…   Read more»

@tej Ive made lots of shims by hand, it’s not that hard. Start with a piece that’s longer and thicker than you need and clamp it to the bench. Then plane or scrape it working away from the clamp to…   Read more»

@tej Even with the fretboard overhang and pick guard covering thing I would still try and fill any gaps in the joint, or the string tension will be pulling on the screws only which will probably cause them to pull…   Read more»

@tv101
Thought of you as soon as I spotted this
 

@tej
Good luck I’m sure you will get some other opinions 

@tej Are you thinking of raising the whole neck with a flat shim or changing the neck angle with an angle shim. If it’s a flat shim then you could add it to the pocket and route to the depth…   Read more»

Very nice work on the logo, it’s good to see work like that being done by hand and not using CNC. Also like the fretboard as it’s the way I started many years ago before it got fret templates and…   Read more»