StewMac Neck Shim for Jazzmaster or Fender Style Guitar 

I've used Stew Mac and liked them. But I've also used some for $10 for 3 on amazon and work great as well. Either way, if it works it works!

Thank u for all ur helpfull vids Mr Sink!

I just got a jaguar classic vibe and I'm gonna put a 1 degree in cuz I love really low action. I'll see how it does. if it's to low then I'll take 2 minutes and swich to .75.

I switched mine to Lollars. Unbelievably good.

Get the StewMac shim. I made my own and it was an absolute pain in the butt. Solid neck to body coupling is important to tone and sustain and those tiny shims won't cut it.

The Stew Mac shims are definitely worth it. Makes a proper neck shimming much easier with the knowledge that you have a perfectly angled shim. I went with a full 1 degree for my Jazzmaster. I agree, they are not cheap but the issue I have with Stew Mac is their shipping costs. I paid $10.00 for shipping on the shim. I once paid over $6.00 shipping on a 49 cent item from Stew Mac. A bit ridiculous.

I recently built a body from scratch and installed a Bigsby. I need to angle the neck to get the proper setup. Have you ever heard of anyone sanding the neck pocket, rather than installing a shim? Thanks for any feedback!👍😎🎸🎶

No fender used to do the same thing o all there geetars.

I have a Rothstein wiring harness and I love it. Has Novak pickups and its killer

I have a similar shim in my strat, Its cardboard tho, I think I’ll go with the 0.25 degree one. Did you had to raise the bridge with your shim?

How did the shim work out ? Looking possible do this with my VM Jazzmaster as well, thx

hey i was thinking about replacing my pickguard on my vm jazzmaster. Did you have any trouble with that changeover like any screwholes not lineup? cheers

Put a shim in my neck and it stopped the big bends from choking out . I have no issues with the stock pickups . Used a piece of cardboard to shim the neck and it didn’t reduce sustain at all , but then again jazzmasters have almost no sustain

I use Stewmac shims myself when I need a shim even though I know how to make them. The thing is not that they are difficult to make but that they are quite time consuming to make. I would personally rather spend the $8 to $10 for a Stewmac shim than to spend an hour or so making one. Not only because an hour of my time is worth more than $10 but because I would rather spend that hour doing something else.

Absolutely a small shim at the back of the neck pocket WILL ramp the neck up on the upper frets and it will fret out , it may not right away but it will over time , and if left in for a long period will retain that shape ... not good. I would go back to this "luthier" and get your money back he almost ruined your neck!. Congrats for doing the right thing ! and finally someone NOT putting little pieces of cardboard tape and other crap in their neck pocket and posting their videos telling people to do this and screw up their guitars . Thumbs UP!!

Fender make neck shims in the same way as your luther. Their factory shims for Jaguars are just a thin piece of plastic made from leftover pickup bezel.

It is all "further ado" until 4:21. Skip to there.

does a bussiness card gonna work

Those StewMac shims are very fragile. They crack after installed (can't support screw tension, and screws weren't overtight), you gotta handle them very carefully. They work well in terms of size, but I was expecting more for what they cost and their advertised "strong" hard maple.

7$ ? That's cheap in comparison to prices in Europe. I would pay 24€ which is aprox. 25 $ for one. Because 8nly stew mac is making them and the shipping cost and fees to get it here are so high. .......

Is it me or is the neck unbelievable bent? It’s giving me a heart attack.

video starts at 4:23. skip the bullshit. skip the whole video.

I want my 8 minutes back