Shim Material??

[JimiLL]

Can anyone tell me a good material to use to shim a neck??

The body is made out of swamp ash and the neck northern hard ash.

Thanks A lot

[Helluvatim]

Depending on the thickness you are needing, I've used business cards I cut into strips, those promo credit cards you get in the mail work great as well. I think I might have even used picks as a shim.

[nortonrider]

Masking Tape has worked for me, double it up if you gotta.

[JimiLL]

cool thanks guys

[Jim Campbell]

Originally Posted by JimiLL

Can anyone tell me a good material to use to shim a neck??

The body is made out of swamp ash and the neck northern hard ash.

Thanks A lot

we used to use beer can aluminum to shim harley motor mounts...worked great

[ghiadub]

I prefer somthing sort of pliable. I like to get a good seat.

IMO, More surface area touching in the pocket = mo betta

I use the business card. It seems that if you are using a few, to taper going to the headstock for the same reason above.

But then again, I am a hack.

[WarriorJoe7]

business cards can thin out. but small strips of sandpaper are great. 400 grit or so is thin and it won't move around either.

[Grissle]

I like using those thin poplar wood strips from hobby shops and then running them over sandpaper to get a nice taper

[Zooberwerx]

Beer can aluminum. Its not any better than the other materials suggested but when doing a repair, its a good excuse to pop a cold one.

Riis

[Steveaux]

Originally Posted by Zooberwerx

Beer can aluminum. Its not any better than the other materials suggested but when doing a repair, its a good excuse to pop a cold one.

Riis

I'm with him ... best rationale yet.