having several dozen mandolins under my belt, i have grown comfortable with the Siminoff design and used his plans fathfully...i try to hold the neck angle at the heel at between 5 degrees and 7...this has been a challenge at times to maintain a consistent height at the bridge...a few times i have had to adjust the bridge up or down to the extreme...now, what i really hope for is to be reasonably consistant with the height of the strings at the bridge....the neck angle as well as the height of the arch of the top plate must be kept the same to keep the height the same....NOW,i have built several necks for another builder that requested the heel angle to be between 2 degrees ... but this also changed the length between the fretboard and the bottom of the heel... if not, the height at the bridge would be way too low...MY question is...what do the majority of you builders preferr ; a higher angle with a shorter heel length or a longer heel length and a lesser angle....the longer heel length makes the fretboard higher at the top plate to clear ....would this help with being consistant ?....would it change the tone or sound ?...i would appreciate any imput as to which way to go...........thanks, keith
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