Setting neck

[mdutko]

John - thanks for the excellent videos on setting a dovetail neck. My 000 is coming along nicely and Im working on the neck now. Its a short scale 24.9 so here is what I have done so far, just want to make sure everything is correct. I made a pencil mark on the neck where the 12th fret would be then measured 12.5 from that mark and put a pencil mark on the body for reference. With the neck tapped in and holding a straightedge across the neck I have just shy of 1/8" difference not really 3/16" I guess more in the neighborhood of 5/32" Is this acceptable? Center is perfect so i just need to do a little coping sanding and then drop. All this is pretty much the way it fit together the first time, I consider myself lucky. Thanks everyone for all your great feedback over the last year of this project Im finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel

[tippie53]

the rise at that point should be 1/16 in to 1/8 just a little forward tilt in the neck. It wont take much.
you can also check this by placing the fretboard on the neck and use a straight edge. Use the bridge as your gauge and you want to just clear the bridge with the frets on the board you would want to see about 1/16 off the top of the bridge in the center.