Let's just make life a little easier... - FRETS.NET2024-03-28T22:43:59Zhttp://fretsnet.ning.com/forum/topics/let-s-just-make-life-a-little-easier?commentId=2177249%3AComment%3A184501&feed=yes&xn_auth=noi was thinking more about the…tag:fretsnet.ning.com,2019-04-04:2177249:Comment:1845172019-04-04T00:04:45.680ZWalter W Wrighthttp://fretsnet.ning.com/profile/WalterWWright
<p>i was thinking more about the errors in a random taylor neck pocket! </p>
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<p>they're <span style="text-decoration: underline;">supposed</span> to be a perfect 90°, but a block of wood subject to years of string pull and humidity changes? i routinely have to fix taylor neck angles by increasing the heel shim angle by <span style="text-decoration: underline;">more</span> than the tongue angle so as to eliminate tongue rise.</p>
<p>i was thinking more about the errors in a random taylor neck pocket! </p>
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<p>they're <span style="text-decoration: underline;">supposed</span> to be a perfect 90°, but a block of wood subject to years of string pull and humidity changes? i routinely have to fix taylor neck angles by increasing the heel shim angle by <span style="text-decoration: underline;">more</span> than the tongue angle so as to eliminate tongue rise.</p> I do indeed have a jig with a…tag:fretsnet.ning.com,2019-04-01:2177249:Comment:1843132019-04-01T15:28:58.553ZMark A. Kanehttp://fretsnet.ning.com/profile/MarkAKane
<p>I do indeed have a jig with a bridge on it that I can mount in order to simulate string tension, but I never use it on Taylors or much else anymore (the exception being select bass necks). My philosophy has morphed to a simpler, less fussy approach to fretwork (Frank's "Mr. Good-Enough Wrench"). The results are what count, but that's a discussion for another time. </p>
<p>Funny you should mention the possibility of error in the fit. Because I stressed the importance of the fit beforehand,…</p>
<p>I do indeed have a jig with a bridge on it that I can mount in order to simulate string tension, but I never use it on Taylors or much else anymore (the exception being select bass necks). My philosophy has morphed to a simpler, less fussy approach to fretwork (Frank's "Mr. Good-Enough Wrench"). The results are what count, but that's a discussion for another time. </p>
<p>Funny you should mention the possibility of error in the fit. Because I stressed the importance of the fit beforehand, the machine shop that did the bending <em>ground</em> the mating surfaces to <em>exactly</em> 90 degrees, so the fit of the <em>unfinished</em> fixture to the neck was perfect. However, the subsequent powder coat was thicker in places which introduced a small error that I then lapped out.</p> nice!
do you have a setup so…tag:fretsnet.ning.com,2019-03-31:2177249:Comment:1845012019-03-31T23:24:29.919ZWalter W Wrighthttp://fretsnet.ning.com/profile/WalterWWright
<p>nice!</p>
<p>do you have a setup so you can string the neck up in the jig while bolted to that thing? that would be perfect, you could do a true tension-leveling or even refret while leaving the guitar body in its case.</p>
<p>i suppose there might be some tolerance error between this fixture and the angle of the actual two surfaces of the body pocket, but that's what the taylor shims are for, you can cheat the fretboard tongue a degree or two up or down in relation to the neck plane.</p>
<p>nice!</p>
<p>do you have a setup so you can string the neck up in the jig while bolted to that thing? that would be perfect, you could do a true tension-leveling or even refret while leaving the guitar body in its case.</p>
<p>i suppose there might be some tolerance error between this fixture and the angle of the actual two surfaces of the body pocket, but that's what the taylor shims are for, you can cheat the fretboard tongue a degree or two up or down in relation to the neck plane.</p> That just makes sense. Thanks…tag:fretsnet.ning.com,2019-03-31:2177249:Comment:1846052019-03-31T20:20:06.620ZMark McLeanhttp://fretsnet.ning.com/profile/MarkMcLean
<p>That just makes sense. Thanks for sharing the idea. </p>
<p>That just makes sense. Thanks for sharing the idea. </p> Nice work !tag:fretsnet.ning.com,2019-03-30:2177249:Comment:1844032019-03-30T17:25:44.148ZMike Kolbhttp://fretsnet.ning.com/profile/MikeKolb
<p><span style="font-size: 24pt;"><em><strong>Nice work !</strong></em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 24pt;"><em><strong>Nice work !</strong></em></span></p>