Fret level on a compound radius neck?

[blakejcan]

oh yea, all good. I just thought it was funny.

[ErikH]

About 15 years ago I had one of my guitars worked on by a local luthier. It was for fretwork. It's a compound radius neck and he showed me how he does fret work and using the tools. Even went so far as to let me file a couple and crown them. Really nice guy and still does work. He used to work for Jackson/Charvel when they had a Fort Worth location back in the day. It still took me a long time to get the courage to do fret work myself but during the pandemic shutdown, it was the perfect opportunity as I had a couple guitars that needed some attention.

[blakejcan]

update--local guy says it might need a neck shim. Kinda suprising since it's a warmoth neck & body. We shall see.

[Clint 55]

Neck shim when the saddles are maxed out? :P

[ErikH]

Interesting. Could mean it needs a shim at the outter edge of the neck pocket but I think something else is going on. I wonder if the neck pocket is not routed flat or even deep enough. Can't say I've ran in to this with my Warmoth.

[Clint 55]

Get it PLEK'd. :P

[blakejcan]

Interesting. Could mean it needs a shim at the outter edge of the neck pocket but I think something else is going on. I wonder if the neck pocket is not routed flat or even deep enough. Can't say I've ran in to this with my Warmoth.

right? it all seems off since Warmoth stuff is pretty darn to the letter in my experience.

[ICTGoober]

Fender used to shim their necks from the factory. For a time, they used these thick reddish brown stamped paper shims, Then they switched to sanding screen which was thicker and since it had an abrasive on it - it didn't allow the neck to move in the joint.

[marcello252]

Fender used to shim their necks from the factory. For a time, they used these thick reddish brown stamped paper shims, Then they switched to sanding screen which was thicker and since it had an abrasive on it - it didn't allow the neck to move in the joint.

all my Fender have it