I had to put a 0.5 degree (I had %, my bad,,edited) shim in my fretless. Raised the saddles to an appropriate level.
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Exactly.
People always ask "how do I know when I need a neck shim?"
You need one when you run out of adjustment room.
If you bridge can't be raised high enough, you need the shim on the tuner side of the neck bolts.
If you can't lower the bridge enough, you need the shim on the bridge side of the neck bolts.
That was Leo's genius. Instead of needing an expensive neck reset (like a Gibson), you just shim the neck pocket.
I've seen lots of guitars with factory shims, it's nothing to be ashamed of, lol
Hi!
I just wanted to let you know, @Drzejzi, that I thoroughly enjoyed everything about that recording, the song itself, the vocalist's delivery and attitude, your bass tone, the arrangement, everything! That was delightful. Thanks for sharing.
Was that your composition? Recorded in your home studio? Very nice work.
Thank you for your indulgence,
BassCliff
Thanks for the kind words
I found this vocalist/ukulele player on some Facebook group, when she was looking for musicians to record her songs with. I liked this tune so much, that I instantly recorded my part to it, jamming around the chords. I used this defretted J&D plugged directly to the audio interface, with a default preset for bass guitar in Studio One DAW. And I love the result
The bass has intentionally quite high action, so I can dig into the strings more and have more dynamics.
In response she wrote me, that she does not look for a bass player :/
Her Soundcloud: [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]
vid1900 : you ought to saunter over to the glarry club and apply for membership! the entrance exam is a toughie, but once you've passed it (cheating is allowed, even encouraged!) = you're in! also: at the last fundraiser, the board discussed the need for higher caliber characters to solicit for membership, and i'm almost certain you meet that criterion. even if you don't = we'd love to have you! 
ops....my bad...went back and looked at the Stewmac page. It is 0.5 Degrees. A 1 degree shim was too much.
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People buy neck shims? Seriously?
The only time I needed one I cut a piece of something with plain scissors and stuck it there. They weren't even guitar shim scissors…
Stewmac has the best Guitar Shim Scissors.
They don't work on Stainless though....
Everyone's biggest fear is creating a 'ski jump' neck, so customers get very angry if you leave any air gap
Exaggerated illustration, but you get the idea:
Stewmacs are expensive, but probably easiest for someone who does not own a box of 'precision tapered wood shims' to cut from.
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Can we edit our posts, after an hour has elapsed, again? Schweet!
I second this motion. He's being thorough, analytical and is clearly knowledgeable- but, he should join anyway.
Just saw the string spacing pic. Wow, less than 16mm....a deal breaker for me, unless the neck is wide enough to accommodate a bridge with 18 - 19 mm spacing. Still, very intrigued with the Glary platform.
Messing with the saddles, it looks like a 2.75" bridge is the widest the neck will allow.
If you make the bridge spacing 2.75" wide (like most MIA Fender 5-string):
You get this result on the fretboard:
vid1900 : you ought to saunter over to the glarry club and apply for membership! the entrance exam is a toughie, but once you've passed it (cheating is allowed, even encouraged!) = you're in! also: at the last fundraiser, the board discussed the need for higher caliber characters to solicit for membership, and i'm almost certain you meet that criterion. even if you don't = we'd love to have you!
I worry if you guys run my background check, I'll be denied admission.
I'm banned from the Elks Club for life, and I got thrown out of Graceland for peeing in the bushes.
I have an old Harley Benton B-5000 (circa 2005) with a 62,5 mm / 2.46" spacing, or 15.6 mm / 0.6" between strings.
It makes quite a difference. More so than the more common change from 19 to 16.5 mm when going to a 5-string.
You might try the Odd Fellows. I hear they are more tolerant of pee-ons.
Of course, the thing everyone has been blowing up my email about is "how good is the neck????"
I wanted to give the the G5 a few days to acclimate to my winter climate, before putting her on the bench.
Job one is to clamp her body to the fret jig.
Next we remove all the relief from the neck (that means make it dead flat by adjusting the truss rod), and retune back to standard pitch.
Then we zero out all the gauges, so with the strings off, we can return the neck to this exact, tensioned state.
I wanted to give the the G5 a few days to acclimate to my winter climate, before putting her on the bench.
Job one is to clamp her body to the fret jig.
Next we remove all the relief from the neck (that means make it dead flat by adjusting the truss rod), and retune back to standard pitch.
Then we zero out all the gauges, so with the strings off, we can return the neck to this exact, tensioned state.
