Reinforcement strip for the back

[Haggis]

The angel is app. 91 degrees in the upper bouts (if upper bouts means the area above the joint). Then the top follows that 91 degree flat for 45mm 3/16 inch, after that it sinks down towards the sound hole.

It means that the fretboard will have support for 45 mm and after that not.

I guess i'll leave it there for now.

/Häggis

[Tony_in_NYC]

45MM is close to 2 inches, no? I think the real problem is the part where it dips down. Once you install the neck with the fret board on it, you will get a better sense of where you need to correct things. I hope this is clear once you translate it. Let me know it its not and I will try to explain better.

[darren]

the top should be trimmed flush to the sides in order to get an accurate reading.

[Kevin Sjostrand]

Yeeeeup!

[kencierp]

The guys are correct -- the neck joint is very, very finicky -- a chip or burr the thickness of 3x5 card stock can throw the neck set off more then you can imagine. Get the body completed, remove the mortise cap, meticulously clean out the mortise, counter shave the neck heel cheeks, secure the neck to the guitar ----- then take some measurement. As I mentioned earlier everything you've shown here is not indicative of a good or a bad situation. Nothing is in its proper or final position so a logical evaluation can be made.

[tippie53]

here is a link to setting a neck. the procedure is not that complicated but it is a process that takes some finese.
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_q ... etail&aq=f

[Haggis]

Tony you´re right, 45 mm is just under 2 inch...I read the conversion table wrong.
I´ll now continue with the back.
thank you
Häggis