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Greetings,

I had an old pacifica lying around, and as I am quite a DIY-guy, I wanted to try and make something out of it.
The paintjob had some cracks, so I decided to strip the paint and go for a natural-oil finish. So as I was sanding
my way to the basswood, I removed quite some layers (and millimeters). After quite some time sanding and finishing,
I decided to put my neck back in the pocket, to see that there is quita a height difference since I sanded the paint.

Now, my question is, should I remove some off the neck or some of the pocket. And is it safe the do it myself, or
can I screw the whole guitar up and should I get some professional luthier do it for me?

I'm from Belgium btw, please ignore my grammar mistakes

Hi Bert!
I think you'll be fine.
The bridge has a lot of adjustment for height,
and if that doesn't work,
you can shim the neck to tilt it the way it works.
Have fun!

Thanks for the tip, just found some spare strings, and with some adjustments, it worked. The action however is the lowest I've ever seen (which I like), bit the last 3 frets are unplayable because of fret-buzz, but I guess I can fix that with the trust rod.

The "truss" rod is only for setting the relief (slight forward bow) of the neck. Do not use it for setting string height.

Amen.

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