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Post by Onechordtrick on Jul 18, 2018 8:13:22 GMT
I need to shim the neck on my Mandocaster. Does anyone know of a UK source for neck shims? The only ones I can find are in the US. I'm assuming that I'll have to find and trim a guitar one as mandolin ones will be pretty rare.
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Post by ocarolan on Jul 18, 2018 9:13:37 GMT
Do you have a friend who does marquetry? Any old offcuts of reasonably dense wood will do.
((my ancient Aria electric bass still has some bits of split matchstick I put in as shims 30 or so years ago....)
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Post by Onechordtrick on Jul 18, 2018 9:57:37 GMT
Thanks - given that I had to look up marquetry I suspect the answer is no. But I found a sheet of veneer from some long forgotten project that I've just glued together to make about the correct thickness so I'll try that as a start. Having rechecked the action all I think I need is to raise the action a few mm as the adjusters are at their lowest level so a flat rather than angled shim should do the trick.
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Post by francis on Jul 18, 2018 11:09:47 GMT
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