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Post subject: Sharing a tip for reliable neck shims
Posted: Sun Dec 22, 2013 12:10 am
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Apologies if this is common practice but, necessity being the mother of invention, I realised the common feeler gauge tool provides an accurate supply of neck shims:

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Setting up my '79 and it's nice to be able to swap and change to get exactly and predictably the neck angle that suits me.


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Post subject: Re: Sharing a tip for reliable neck shims
Posted: Sun Dec 22, 2013 2:37 am
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I used piece of brass sheet sold at any good hobby shop . Avlaible in different thickness.

http://www.hobbylinc.com/hobby_and_craf ... tal_strips


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Post subject: Re: Sharing a tip for reliable neck shims
Posted: Sun Dec 22, 2013 6:22 am
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Here's a nice tip in case you didn't know. If you ever strip a pickguard screw going into the body, cut a small piece of a D-string, drop it down the screw hole and put the screw back in. Still loose? Use an A-string. Works every time.

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Post subject: Re: Sharing a tip for reliable neck shims
Posted: Sun Dec 22, 2013 6:38 am
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Jah Soldier wrote:
Here's a nice tip in case you didn't know. If you ever strip a pickguard screw going into the body, cut a small piece of a D-string, drop it down the screw hole and put the screw back in. Still loose? Use an A-string. Works every time.


Useful,

I don't like to mix steel and wood . One day you will remove the pickgard , this piece of strings may go inside where is electronic.....

Wood screw hole is so easy to fix .

I use tootpick . Best is tootpick and carpenter glue. Job finish for life and well done.


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Post subject: Re: Sharing a tip for reliable neck shims
Posted: Sun Dec 22, 2013 7:37 am
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stratele52 wrote:
Jah Soldier wrote:
Here's a nice tip in case you didn't know. If you ever strip a pickguard screw going into the body, cut a small piece of a D-string, drop it down the screw hole and put the screw back in. Still loose? Use an A-string. Works every time.


Useful,

I don't like to mix steel and wood . One day you will remove the pickgard , this piece of strings may go inside where is electronic.....

Wood screw hole is so easy to fix .

I use tootpick . Best is tootpick and carpenter glue. Job finish for life and well done.


Right stratele, a simple toothpick with either carpenters or super glue is all you need, and won't damage the wood.

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Post subject: Re: Sharing a tip for reliable neck shims
Posted: Sun Dec 22, 2013 7:43 am
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I used a folded post-it to shim once.
You don't need much sometimes.

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Post subject: Re: Sharing a tip for reliable neck shims
Posted: Sun Dec 22, 2013 11:11 am
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What concerns me about that is that over time it might compress. I've seen foil-tape used before now though. Again, very thin.


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Post subject: Re: Sharing a tip for reliable neck shims
Posted: Sun Dec 22, 2013 11:19 am
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stratele52 wrote:
Jah Soldier wrote:
Here's a nice tip in case you didn't know. If you ever strip a pickguard screw going into the body, cut a small piece of a D-string, drop it down the screw hole and put the screw back in. Still loose? Use an A-string. Works every time.


Useful,

I don't like to mix steel and wood . One day you will remove the pickgard , this piece of strings may go inside where is electronic.....

Wood screw hole is so easy to fix .

I use tootpick . Best is tootpick and carpenter glue. Job finish for life and well done.

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The old "Toothpick and Superglue Technique" has been used multiple times for stripped strap button screw holes on several on my guitars and basses.

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Post subject: Re: Sharing a tip for reliable neck shims
Posted: Sun Dec 22, 2013 11:21 am
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Miami Mike wrote:
I used a folded post-it to shim once.
You don't need much sometimes.

And if you need a little more the all famous match book.

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Post subject: Re: Sharing a tip for reliable neck shims
Posted: Sun Dec 22, 2013 2:17 pm
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stratele52 wrote:
Jah Soldier wrote:
Here's a nice tip in case you didn't know. If you ever strip a pickguard screw going into the body, cut a small piece of a D-string, drop it down the screw hole and put the screw back in. Still loose? Use an A-string. Works every time.


Useful,

I don't like to mix steel and wood . One day you will remove the pickgard , this piece of strings may go inside where is electronic.....

Wood screw hole is so easy to fix .

I use tootpick . Best is tootpick and carpenter glue. Job finish for life and well done.


Technically, you are right. That would be the proper and correct way. But not everybody has those things lying around. I'm a woodworker by trade and there's not a toothpick anywhere in my house. Of course, I could cut a sliver from wood pieces lying around here and glue it in, and sometimes I do, but this way is quicker and does essentially the same job which is keeping the screw in. It doesn't take much to keep a pickguard screwed down. It's not a neck. All that happens is that the screw wedges against the string piece and screws into the wood. Once I've done this, the string piece has never fallen back out. It stays wedged in there. It won't damage anything. There's really no risk in doing it. As a woodworker for 25-years, I promise you, no damage will be done as a result of doing this.

And I also promise you, it will not affect the tone or give you more sustain either. :D

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Post subject: Re: Sharing a tip for reliable neck shims
Posted: Sun Dec 22, 2013 7:48 pm
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Jah Soldier wrote:
stratele52 wrote:
I use tootpick . Best is tootpick and carpenter glue. Job finish for life and well done.


Technically, you are right. That would be the proper and correct way. But not everybody has those things lying around. I'm a woodworker by trade and there's not a toothpick anywhere in my house. Of course, I could cut a sliver from wood pieces lying around here and glue it in, and sometimes I do, but this way is quicker and does essentially the same job which is keeping the screw in. It doesn't take much to keep a pickguard screwed down. It's not a neck. All that happens is that the screw wedges against the string piece and screws into the wood. Once I've done this, the string piece has never fallen back out. It stays wedged in there. It won't damage anything. There's really no risk in doing it. As a woodworker for 25-years, I promise you, no damage will be done as a result of doing this.

And I also promise you, it will not affect the tone or give you more sustain either. :D


I'm just a woodworker by hobby, but I must say it depends on the job. If the purpose is to get a screw to stick right now, a toothpick or other sliver (string? why not?) is great.

If the purpose is a hole that can be unscrewed and rescrewed a bunch of times by people who don't know about your fix, that won't do. Mix hardwood sawdust with wood glue, squirt it in, poke a hole down the middle with a paper clip or needle, and let it dry.


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Post subject: Re: Sharing a tip for reliable neck shims
Posted: Sun Dec 22, 2013 8:26 pm
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Incidentally, for neck holes, if I'm swapping necks and the holes are
out of whack, a bamboo Kabob skewer and yellow glue works great. They're the same size as the holes. I'll glue all four at once, cut about an inch up with some dykes, leave it overnight. Next day, cut to the heel and file them flat. Done.

I can be a little impatient sometimes when I'm working on guitars. It depends on my mood. But I'll take my time on a guitar neck. Fretwork takes me days. I hate fret buzz with a passion.

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Posted: Mon Dec 23, 2013 7:09 am
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For shimming a neck I have frequently used part of a business card, even found the same thing in other guitars when I removed necks.

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