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I'm about to order a neck from Hannalei Moon (sp?) and need to specify the neck angle. I'm building a Norman Blake version of a 00 so I'm putting a 12 fret neck on a 14 fret body and using the standard Martin short scale. Seems I need less neck angle than I would for a 14 fret neck. If the bridge/saddle is the same heght yet further from the heel, seems it has to be less angle. I used 1 1/2 deg for a 14 fret neck on my first build. Is the difference enough to specify less neck angle when ordering?

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Formerly known as Adaboy.......

Neck angle should be 1 1/2. All well depend on how you set up your side set in the mold. Match that geometry and you will be pretty close. If you want to have a string height of about 1/2 inch at the bridge, this should be the number. If you want a height then maybe 1 degree. What matters is how you set this up in the mold with your disks.
To get a perfect plane off the fretboard you dry fit the neck and with the neck about .020 above the top you can send in the perfect plane using the neck . The key is to have about .090 difference from the neck block to the saddle location. If your neck is .125 above the top when you start you want to add the .090 so you want do see .215 . If you don't you set the neck and do it in this order First set in the neck angle. You can be a little off the .090 of you are above .070 and under .110 you should be fine . Make that adjustment , then get the center line once that is correct then set the elevation ACE Angle-center-elevation.
The area from the sound hole to neck block you want to be flat so the fretboard comes to the top straight. take your time and check 407 times

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I was torn about the cutaway Todd. Haven't tried one yet and finally decided to forego it on this build to save time.

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