Neck Aligned

[_sky_]

Hello!


If put a new neck in a jazz bass body I bought for a fretless project.

In the neck, I Had to sand just a little in order for the neck to be installed.

Now my question is...how can I assure that the neck is proper aligned?

Thanks!

 

[charlie monroe]

String it up. Seeing is believing!

 

[Jisch]

Put a straight edge along each side of the neck and measure the distance between the end of the neck and the front edge of the bridge, if it's the same on both sides of the neck then it's straight. Or as Charlie says (he beat me to it): If it's crooked, you should be able to see it just by putting strings on, if you can't see it, it's probably not worth worrying about.

I assume you used the holes that were already in the neck prior to sanding it to mount it. If that's the case and the neck is not mounted straight, adjusting the neck would take a bit of work - filling the holes with a dowel and redrilling.

 

[_sky_]

String it up. Seeing is believing!

Ok!

Put a straight edge along each side of the neck and measure the distance between the end of the neck and the front edge of the bridge, if it's the same on both sides of the neck then it's straight. Or as Charlie says (he beat me to it): If it's crooked, you should be able to see it just by putting strings on, if you can't see it, it's probably not worth worrying about.

I assume you used the holes that were already in the neck prior to sanding it to mount it. If that's the case and the neck is not mounted straight, adjusting the neck would take a bit of work - filling the holes with a dowel and redrilling.

The holes from the neck were slight diferent from the holes in the body. Tonight I will measure like you said.