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Warmoth claims the following:

"A neck pocket angle of 1-1/2 to 3 degrees is necessary for proper operation."

Is the neck pocket angle really required for this thing to operate properly? ??? I decided on this bridge for my explorer build as it's the closest one I can find that's close to the bridge on the Mick Thompson "Seven" Ibanez. The guitar will have a bolt on neck from Soul Mate.



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    Wow how much for that bridge? ?

    Anyway, you can just shim the neck? Using a light pick and slip it into the neck pocket with the neck on ? that'll be the EASIEST.

    Perhaps you can take the body to a luthier/woodworker. Just need an angle jig but will be easy to do with a copy bit, just gotta be careful that not too much is routed off.
      Shimming the neck will be easiest. Recessing the bridge slightly is another option but way too much work IMO.
        I agree with the above answers.

        A slight neck back-tilt will be required for a bolt on neck to accommodate such a bridge. It appears to be a design made for guitars sporting stop-tailpiece style bridges as found on Les Paul style guitars (that has natural neck back-tilt)

        If I can add to the above it is to suggest that instead of plectrums (not long enough to cover the width of the heel) use X-Ray material. I'm sure someone in the family has an X-ray in the cupboard of an old injury or fractured bone or something that can be used. This material is non-compressible and since it is thin a few layers can be built up until the right angle is achieved where the bridge sits just high enough above the body (and pickups) to make for a nice setup. In addition it can be cut with a pair of scissors to the exact shape of the neck heel-end.
          Just get the d@rn body in my workshop and we'll cut the flppn 2 degrees thing, b4 I change my mind.
            tonerider wrote: If I can add to the above it is to suggest that instead of plectrums (not long enough to cover the width of the heel) use X-Ray material. I'm sure someone in the family has an X-ray in the cupboard of an old injury or fractured bone or something that can be used. This material is non-compressible and since it is thin a few layers can be built up until the right angle is achieved where the bridge sits just high enough above the body (and pickups) to make for a nice setup. In addition it can be cut with a pair of scissors to the exact shape of the neck heel-end.
            Hehehehe.... with some plexiglass and some old X-rays you could make a pretty cool scratchplate.
              i like bobs ideal , now if you could get a xray of the general area of the body where you guitar hangs , would look even cooler
                Mmmm...maybe a liittle LED aswell behind the scratchplate....
                  Go with gearhead ... never tried the x-ray stuff, but I have had good results with tinfoil, for what it's worth.
                    23 days later
                    If you go to your local super market....they have little shelf tags with a 1 inch x 2 inch clear plastic liner covering the price tag....if you look they are all over the place and come off very easy....now im not saying to pocket it but the store might have a few thousand hanging around and might give some to you. A friend of my use them and they seem to work great...they are very thin
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