Honestly it makes Collings or Taylor look like geniuses for reengineering the neck joint. This seemed like a nightmare, glad it only has to be done once in a long while for these dovetails.
Hi. I have a brand new dreadnought guitar and the bridge on the base part is a bit higher the the treble side. I shaved the bass part of the bridge to make it equal to the treble side. My question is since i shaves it off, using the straight edge from the neck, I see about 1mm of space between the bridge and the straight edge. Some videos says that is sould landat the top of the bridge, some says it should have a bit of space. Is that okay? Or should I replace the bridge? What is your thought about this?
Hi Patrick, typically the bass side of the bridge is taller than the treble side however there are exceptions to this rule. The straight edge is usually about 2 32nds above the center of the bridge on most of the neck resets I have done, In some cases more and in other cases less. It just depends on how much the top of the guitar is deflecting under string tension. I typically won’t set string height over the 12th fret below 5 64ths on the bass and 4 64ths on the treble. Saddle protrusion should not be lower than and 1/8th to 3 32nds on bass side and no lower than 2 32nds on treble side. The radius of the top of you bridge will also play a role in saddle protrusion, the larger the radius the less protrusion you will see on the bass and treble side, the smaller the radius the more protrusion you will see in general.
Hi, because of this remarkable video, can you turn me on to an after market martin neck (gold keys, inlay pearl) next to new or there abouts for a D-41? Bay area, Calif. P.S. Maybe i could drop off the guitar on the way down south.
Awesome great video. I have a 2001 Martin D35. That would break my heart to have to pull the neck on it, lol. Is that D28 for sale? Where are you located near? Thanks for sharing your video.
