How To Install A Shim On Your New Telecaster Neck

In my recent video - My Telecaster Humbucker/Humbucker Project

During the build I discovered that while trying to set string height, my low e and high e string saddles bottomed out on the bridge before I could finish adjusting. I ordered a set of prefabricated shims and this video I install one and setup the guitar.

[congerscott]

And all this time I have been using old business cards.

[freetimefreeminds]

i wish i knew this was a thing 6 months ago before i had to order a whole ass new bridge lol i had it so low that one of the screws fell out

[mr.giggles]

Perfect! I was thinking of makinf some sort of shim for my Hondo to lower the action a bit. I guess i can just order one 😁

[davidjames]

Had to do it to most of my bolt-on necks, used brass ones which go on the body end only.

[RobertNolan]

You could also use a flat shim in this application.

[stancoleshill]

There are so many experts now that it is impossible to know who knows what they are talking about.

[sad_lad]

Your voice sounds like skallagrims lol

[DanielDias]

Why didn't you drill for a micro tilt in the body, you had the neck for it all you needed was a new back plate or drill a hole through it

[gregorystinette]

I had the same problem & ended up shiming with an egg Mc muffin

[BabyBoomerChannel]

I bought shims online. They sucked. So I used cardboard from a cereal box. Perfect.

[keitherickson]

I would just bought a better bridge, fender hardtail or a callihan

[JohnSmith-kieq]

Plastic gift cards work well for this and you can get them for free in many stores.

[zaz]

Scrap the tele! Build a Stratocaster! Life will be 500 percent better!

[clerictamer]

My lord, just sand down some wood wedges

[jianhuang]

You definitely can achieve the same just by adjusting the bridge saddle height. Its a simple geometry and math.