Following on from my earlier thread http://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/sh...ed-bridge-body I'm again appealing for help from the very knowledgable experts on here.
I'm nearing the end of a tenor mandola build and have run into a potential problem with the bridge height. I'm planning on using a fixed pin bridge, but when I lay a straight edge along the fingerboard - thicknessed to 6mm but not yet fretted - I get a height of 12mm at the saddle position. By the time I get the frets in and add string thickness and clearance, I think I'll be looking at a string height of about 17mm on the bottom string. Is this acceptable, or will it place too much strain on the top?
And if so (as I reckon), what can I do about it? The neck is pulled up into position with a bolt but not yet glued on, and neither is the fingerboard.
Would it be a good idea to reset the neck angle and place a tapered shim under the fingerboard where it joins the top?
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