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Permalink Reply by Brian Tubb on March 30, 2014 at 4:05am

Here's photo without shim under fingerboard raising it 1/4 inch

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Permalink Reply by Cause the Blue rat on March 30, 2014 at 5:13am

have you thought about angling your shim? A slight angle will give you playing clearance above the box.

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Permalink Reply by Scott aka Farmer Ted on March 30, 2014 at 7:08am

Shim, yes. Keep as much of the neck inside the box as large as possible, so there is more to work with when figuring out where to add pickups. I've shimmed before, just need to remove a bit more off the back of neck to keep it from being too thick for smaller hands.

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Permalink Reply by The Capo Kid on March 30, 2014 at 8:27am

 You need to notch more out of the neck inside the box , I build mine with the bottom of the finger board level with the top of the box lid  , I take off the thickness of the lid at the front and an extra few mm at the other end so it's tapered to give you some neck angle , you'll need to do this if your going to fit a mag pup , I thought we covered this in your other post ?

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Permalink Reply by Brian Tubb on March 30, 2014 at 2:04pm

I ended up adding the shim under the neck inside the box. That way, it won't change the playing thickness of the neck. I think I'll have the fretboard height above the soundboard I need. I also have the notch cut so the lipstick mag pickup will have some adjustment. I'm still not clear on how the pickup gets installed with the springs that come with it so the screws adjust it. Since I'm not screwing it into the neck below (so the lid can be opened) I'm guessing I'll put some sort of spacers or washers to get the pickup height. Thoughts?

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Permalink Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague on March 30, 2014 at 4:58pm

Brian,

Add little wing braces to the neck inside the box for the pup adjustment screws; see Dan Sleep's pic:

http://www.cigarboxnation.com/photo/queen-binside-002?context=user

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Permalink Reply by The Capo Kid on March 30, 2014 at 10:42pm

 Some thing else we've covered in your last post , lay the pup upside down on top of the lid so the bracket touches the lid , mark and drill the holes , push the screws through the holes , put a spring on to the screw from under the lid , now screw the screw into one the  bracket holes , do the same for the other one , it's the same as if your putting a pup to a scratch plate same as a Tele or Strat .

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Permalink Reply by The Capo Kid on March 30, 2014 at 11:03pm

 Here's a pic

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Permalink Reply by Brian Tubb on March 31, 2014 at 2:14am

Looks like a couple of ways to do this.  The lipstick pup has supplied wood screws and yours looks like it's going into the bracket with machine screws.  I'll have to check and see if the bracket on the one I have is threaded for machine screws... If so,  I'll have to find some.  Going into the wood 'wings' on either side of the neck I think would defete the option of having the box open without removing the pup (my neck will be glued to the bottom - not the top of the box)

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Permalink Reply by Brian Tubb on March 31, 2014 at 5:41am

The tabs on the CB Gitty lipstick pup does have threads for a machine screw, but it doesn't come with the screws (only wood screws).  This must be metric - does anyone know what size screw this takes?

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Permalink Reply by The Capo Kid on March 31, 2014 at 6:07am

 I think this is a fit all small pickup screw .

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Permalink Reply by Brian Tubb on March 31, 2014 at 6:24am

just tried some old bridge height screws from Fender Strat and they fit.  I'll have to figure out if I can live with silver rather than matching gold and if they are the right length.  Thanks CK.

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