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  Monterey March 17, 2015 at 7:29am

  Gary, I posted a couple of pictures of the neck showing it's original angle- thinking I'll leave this one alone
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  Monterey March 16, 2015 at 7:24pm

  Oh...I could do that...let me think about it!
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  gary sheldon March 16, 2015 at 7:21pm

  Sometimes we put in a couple of degrees of "neck drop" or "neck rake" to allow us to put in a taller bridge and thus have a larger string break angle over the bridge.  Gives a little more downward pressure on the soundboard and consequently more volume.  But that is a whole different subject.  A straight neck will be fine.
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  Monterey March 16, 2015 at 6:56pm

  Michael Fred Johnson gave me the idea- that's how he does acoustic necks on his reso guitars
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  Monterey March 16, 2015 at 6:52pm

  Neck drop? Not sure what you mean, Gary. I was going to dowel the neck through the soundbox and into the neck block with 3 dowels, and then use one of those screw-bolt fasteners like they use for table legs or a screw as well. Then I was going to X-brace the bottom of the box and put a cross truss at the top under the 18th.fret. The soundboard will be glued to the neckblock and the back will be glued to the neckblock and heel- should be strong enough?
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  gary sheldon March 16, 2015 at 6:30pm

  Did you put any neck drop in?