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Anyone got any thoughts on this – I'm building a custom Stingray and I am weighing up all the options

Does the neck still have full wood contact with the body with a tilt going going on?

I should say that I'm on about the Fender-style adjustment, rather than shoving a slice of wood or credit card in there

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14 minutes ago, Fishman said:

Anyone got any thoughts on this – I'm building a custom Stingray and I am weighing up all the options

Does the neck still have full wood contact with the body with a tilt going going on?

I should say that I'm on about the Fender-style adjustment, rather than shoving a slice of wood or credit card in there

Theoretically, the Fender tilt type results in less contact area than standard shims - especially if the latter are wedged.  In reality, though, it would probably make no audible difference providing that in both cases the neck bolts are at the correct tension...

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It depends what kind of angle you are looking at but you could always add a full area wedge of ply, maple or similar hardness of wood to the bottom of the otherwise flat heel - either glued or unglued ( it's not going to be able to go anywhere).

I worked on a beautiful (and valuable) Wal a couple of years ago and noted that was done like that (glued on in that particular case) so it shouldn't be regarded at all as a 'cheap' fix.

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I wonder if that was one of my old Wals (sold both in 2010) – one of which had a wood shim, although there must be loads with that type of adjustment – might be easier than fitting a mechanism, along with drilling through the neck plate

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