Veneer shim for guitar neck heel

I recommend watching this at 1.25 speed. Stay tuned until the end - I discovered something very important, and had to make some modifications to get the neck in the correct position for intonation.

[@bentorres925]

This is great I was thinking about using veneer for those purpose!

[@marcuscarrozza732]

Thank you. I just purchased a junior guitar kit and the neck is not fitting the pocket properly and it leans back more than 14 degrees which I need to fix as well. I am not talking about the head of the guitar and it's degrees but the neck really angles a lot backwards. So I need to raise it to be more flush with the body . You gave me some real good advice and ideas for fixing these problems I mentioned.

[@roks2hard]

thank you, that is very helpful.

[@JohnAdams-xc5yk]

I use a lot of import bodies their neck pocket are cut for 57mm neck I have maple stock 1.5 mm I shim the neck pocket than sand to get a tight fit

[@yikelu]

I think if the pocket shape had a tight fit to the neck heel shape, you might have gotten away with veneer as a far as the scale length. But as it is, it came out a bit too far because the neck didn't seat fully inside.

[@daleskidmore1685]

Nothing about the end of that neck is speced to fit that neck socket on the body. They do not go together.

[@juanokita4401]

Why there and not in a pocket hole??

[@alexmoll8372]

Either way works fine. If you are using heat melt glue, it's probably easier to apply the the heel. If using CA glue with a kicker, then in the pocket works too.

[@DougHinVA]

snarky jokes with laughter about one's wife are stupid and not needed. An iron that can be ruined would work and a clothes iron may not be that ...

[@CameronForrester]

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