In the future, don't move your bridge! When you swap out necks, you get necks with different heel lengths and shapes. that is what you should alter to get the correct scale length, the neck heel. Even here you added the wood edging to the wall of the pocket nearest the neck pickup. This is making the issue even worse, causing the neck to sit even farther from the bridge. You should have put the edging on just the sides of the pocket (Top and bottom of pocket while in playing position). Great idea with the wood edging! Thank you.
so the body was a super cheap body and I am pretty sure that the neck did not match. The pocket was super loose. I didn't move the bridge I straightened it out because it was drilled crooked. I get what you are saying though that you could mess up the scale length. Alot of this was just experimentation to see if using iron on veneer would actually work to tighten up the neck pocket.
The way I like to do it, is put a peice of tape on, like the pickgaurd goes, and fill it full of super glue with the body upright. That super glue is hard stuff, it won't let the neck wiggle
Interesting fix. Wish you would have shown just how loose the neck was in the pocket. How thick was the veneer strip and how well did the iron on glue stick especially in the radius. Looked too tight but maybe ok.
Usually the veneer does not need to ne thicker than 1mm, probably not gonna get it thicker than that anyway. But you can layer it. And theres no avoiding sanding in the pocket if you do it that way.
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In the future, don't move your bridge! When you swap out necks, you get necks with different heel lengths and shapes. that is what you should alter to get the correct scale length, the neck heel. Even here you added the wood edging to the wall of the pocket nearest the neck pickup. This is making the issue even worse, causing the neck to sit even farther from the bridge. You should have put the edging on just the sides of the pocket (Top and bottom of pocket while in playing position). Great idea with the wood edging! Thank you.
so the body was a super cheap body and I am pretty sure that the neck did not match. The pocket was super loose. I didn't move the bridge I straightened it out because it was drilled crooked. I get what you are saying though that you could mess up the scale length. Alot of this was just experimentation to see if using iron on veneer would actually work to tighten up the neck pocket.
It just worked great for me! @@guitarrantsandstuff
I'm glad I found this.... Thanks! Maybe there's hope for my guitar after all.... 🤞
Yes. A soldering iron with the tip removed will work great on those corners.
The way I like to do it, is put a peice of tape on, like the pickgaurd goes, and fill it full of super glue with the body upright. That super glue is hard stuff, it won't let the neck wiggle
Interesting fix. Wish you would have shown just how loose the neck was in the pocket. How thick was the veneer strip and how well did the iron on glue stick especially in the radius. Looked too tight but maybe ok.
Usually the veneer does not need to ne thicker than 1mm, probably not gonna get it thicker than that anyway. But you can layer it. And theres no avoiding sanding in the pocket if you do it that way.
silly question but after heating the veneer in, did you just cut the excess with scissors or shears?
I used an exacto knife.
I just recently got a new gutair for my birthday and My neck pickup is lose on my grote sg how do I repair it
When you loose do you mean it moves around in the pick guard?
Sorry for the delayed response Chang you send me a picture or a video?
@Guitar Rants and Stuff! I took it back to gutair center and they gave me money back on am nice eipiphone les Paul special addition
@@USMC_BABE38 That was probably the better move. Epiphones are great!
What if you just used strips of masking tape. Masking tape is basically thin straps of sticky wood ;)