Reinforcement strip for the back

[Kevin Sjostrand]

Haggis,
You want the area where the fretboard lies to be flat laterally, but it should have about a 1.5 to 2.0 degree rise to the sound hole to match your neck angle, as Tony is saying. In the picture, it looks okay, just make sure it is flat across the upper bouts.

Kevin

[Haggis]

Thanks for your info! I´ll read the article you posted. English is not my native language though, so reading technical stuff is difficult.
Just wanted to post a few more pics.

[Tony_in_NYC]

Haggis, what is your native language so I can translate this for you:
You have a problem. Perhaps one of the more experienced guys will weigh in on the solution to that problem.
Good luck,

Tony

[tippie53]

what is the line from the neck . all that this is showing is the flat point of the upper bout. I can see that the neck is not flush so you appear to have a neck angle that should be fine.

[tippie53]

if you look close you can see the slight angle on the upper bout. This will allow the neck and fretboard to be straight on to the guitar. This mild ramp will set you up so you have the proper string height at the bridge. If the neck was dead flat onto your guitar , your string height would be too low for a good energy transfer .
Martin builds their guitars this way. A 1 1/2 degree neck angle. As they say Looking good
john

[Kevin Sjostrand]

Yeah, I noticed the gap at the neck end of the top under that straight edge also. Looks like it might be just fine.

Kevin

[kencierp]

Don't loose any sleep over the situation you are showing -- its meaningless until you have the neck actually in place to check that angle. At this point the rim to the sound board angle at the neck block should be just about 91.5 degrees --What does it actually measure?

[kencierp]

If you find that slope/angle to be less than 91.5 degrees here's a way to correct it.

http://www.kennethmichaelguitars.com/NECKSET.html

[Haggis]

Hello. thanks for the replies.

I´ll measure the angle when I get back home.
We´ll see how it lookes once I start to fit the neck.

/Häggis

[Tony_in_NYC]

It kind of looks like the straight edge is going into the sound hole from where I am sitting.