Rabbit Hole ....

So the guitar is grain filled and sealed.
I am wondering about setting up the neck to drill.
Any input ?
 
ibmorjamn said:
So the guitar is grain filled and sealed.
I am wondering about setting up the neck to drill.
Any input ?
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Screw the bridge plate on.
Use a long straight edge to check the alignment of each side of the neck relative to the bridge location to make sure the neck is centered on the bridge.
Use a good, padded wood clamp to hold the neck, body and neck plate in place.
Do you have a drill press, or are you using a hand drill?
 
fitz said:
Screw the bridge plate on.
Use a long straight edge to check the alignment of each side of the neck relative to the bridge location to make sure the neck is centered on the bridge.
Use a good, padded wood clamp to hold the neck, body and neck plate in place.
Do you have a drill press, or are you using a hand drill?
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Either or, I am confident in hand drilling. It ain't a piano. But I could hunt down my little drill press.
I had thought I seen guys string them up with both "E's" use fishing line but maybe that was for the bridge and not the neck.
 
ibmorjamn said:
Either or, I am confident in hand drilling. It ain't a piano. But I could hunt down my little drill press.
I had thought I seen guys string them up with both "E's" use fishing line but maybe that was for the bridge and not the neck.
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Easier to set the bridge after the neck, but you've already got the bridge mounting holes.
Fishing line thing would also work for aligning the neck.
I have a pair of 24" machinist scales that I've used to align the sides of the neck to the bridge.
Depending on the saddles on your tele bridge, you'll also have a little side to side adjustment possible down the road.
 
ibmorjamn said:
Either or, I am confident in hand drilling. It ain't a piano. But I could hunt down my little drill press.
I had thought I seen guys string them up with both "E's" use fishing line but maybe that was for the bridge and not the neck.
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The two E string thing is how Robert told me to locate the proper placement for the bridge.
 
Those bridge holes in that Tele body of yours are Vintage bridge holes so youll want to use a Vintage style bridge.Screw the neck and bridge on and see were your at.Prolly be pretty darn good. Some necks fit tight some dont. The old brass barrels on Tele bridges allow the strings to just be willy nilly line up on the brass barrels.Buy notched brass barells or what ever material you choose. I like wrap around tailpiece guitars but i always buy the string notched bridges.
 
JohnnyGoo said:
Those bridge holes in that Tele body of yours are Vintage bridge holes so youll want to use a Vintage style bridge.Screw the neck and bridge on and see were your at.Prolly be pretty darn good. Some necks fit tight some dont. The old brass barrels on Tele bridges allow the strings to just be willy nilly line up on the brass barrels.Buy notched brass barells or what ever material you choose. I like wrap around tailpiece guitars but i always buy the string notched bridges.
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Johnny post #36 has a pic of the parts just sitting on there
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Yes , I have a vintage bridge and the neck is pretty snug. The only way it will even wiggle would be to sand it. I don't want to do that.
Tuners arrive today , all 5 of them. Lol
 
ibmorjamn said:
...Yes , I have a vintage bridge and the neck is pretty snug. The only way it will even wiggle would be to sand it. I don't want to do that.
Tuners arrive today , all 5 of them. Lol
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I was just thinking. How snug is the neck, do you have to push it in or does it just slip right in? If it's tight enough in the pocket that you have to push it in then you can probably get away with putting the E strings on (at least just tight enough that they are straight) so see how your alignment is. I've had some necks that fit so tight I could almost tune the E strings to pitch before it pulled the neck up.

Warmoth bodies that come predrilled for the neck are drilled so that the mounting screws just slip right thru (they aren't threaded), that alone should give you just enough wiggle room to align the neck.
 
DirtySteve said:
I was just thinking. How snug is the neck, do you have to push it in or does it just slip right in? If it's tight enough in the pocket that you have to push it in then you can probably get away with putting the E strings on (at least just tight enough that they are straight) so see how your alignment is. I've had some necks that fit so tight I could almost tune the E strings to pitch before it pulled the neck up.

Warmoth bodies that come predrilled for the neck are drilled so that the mounting screws just slip right thru (they aren't threaded), that alone should give you just enough wiggle room to align the neck.
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It's a snug fit. No wiggle. If I had to move it some sanding would have to happen.
 
fitz said:
Screw the bridge plate on.
Use a long straight edge to check the alignment of each side of the neck relative to the bridge location to make sure the neck is centered on the bridge.
Use a good, padded wood clamp to hold the neck, body and neck plate in place.
Do you have a drill press, or are you using a hand drill?
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I had to get a straight edge for the neck relief.
 
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