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I wasn’t familiar with the loothalong, thanks! I *think* I have figured it out, first checking for mystery bumps/undercutting further and using sidewise flossing (we need better names for this!) on the purple tape side and base of the neck.

If I don’t get it in an hour or so, then I’ll jump into the loothalong. Thanks Ian and Pete for putting…

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Im going to make sure this gets into the next news letter. In the meantime, have you looked at the loothmap ?

https://loothgroup.com/membersmap/

I’m with Ian on this one, getting more eyes and being able to walk through it with video would help a lot. If you can’t do the loothalong and want to video chat DM me and we can schedule a video call.

This might be easier to look at online. Have you been on the loothalong ?

One thing to check when getting mystery gaps is that there is a gap between the face of the mortise side and the tenon side. Since you cant see inside the joint when the neck is in, you can check it by chalking one side.

This is helpful, but I’m not sure what my next step is. As far as I can tell, the neck is exactly where I want it from the pitch, string alignment and elevation. But I also have the .035” gap.

So not sure where I should target to close that gap without making everything else that is correct not be worse

Thank you, Lars! I do own a small air compressor, but the tank is on the small side. I suppose it could keep up with the fairly minimal air demands of a small detail gun. The point about keeping the air pressure at a sufficiently high level to permit good atomization of the sunburst pigment spray is well taken. Thank you again for your response.…

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Here is an SOP I wrote when working at a big name shop. I hope this helps out, read thoroughly and go in this order. Your gap could be a few things.

Here is a brief description of how to manipulate the dovetail while fitting a neck.

The pitch measurement is taken with a straight edge in the center of a straight fingerboard, projecting this…

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