Old Takamine neck Re-Set
Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2015 7:18 am
My friend found an old takamine that was about to be thrown out by its owner because the neck had come loose and its in pretty bad shape. He asked me to have a go at re setting the neck and basically sprucing up the guitar so that it plays again. I've never done a neck re set before but I would like to try this one to get some experience.
I managed to steam the neck off and cleaned up the old glue etc. Its a neck joint I have not come across before with 5 dowels that keep the neck attached to the body.
My problem is that when I put a straight edge on top of the frets and theres about 1/8th of a gap over the bridge so I assume thats far to much ? What measurement should I be aiming for? Is there a video on line that would help me work out where to start or does this involve shims instead of taking away material with a chisel.
Any advise would be appreciated
Regards to all
Rusty
I managed to steam the neck off and cleaned up the old glue etc. Its a neck joint I have not come across before with 5 dowels that keep the neck attached to the body.
My problem is that when I put a straight edge on top of the frets and theres about 1/8th of a gap over the bridge so I assume thats far to much ? What measurement should I be aiming for? Is there a video on line that would help me work out where to start or does this involve shims instead of taking away material with a chisel.
Any advise would be appreciated
Regards to all
Rusty