Did you do this to your guitar? How is it now??

Humberto Alejandro Perez Farias ...me!

Humberto Alejandro Perez Farias I would!

Doing it this way will also be a lesser headache for when there is the possibility of having to remove it in future as the glue will be minimal between the stud and paper and more so between the wood and paper.

thanks, it wasn't 100% clear if the wood glue was applied to the outside of the paper to affix to the guitar or the inside to hold it on the bushing. So a small amount on the inside, and over all of the outside and then insert, and hammer in gently until flat.

I've found that I can just coat the inside of the post hole in a light layer of wood glue, let it dry, then pound the post in. No paper necessary.

@@driptopher7222 That's a good one, that'll do the same thing but with less faffing.

This!

A bolt on neck needs a shim, if & when the action is still too high after the bridge has been lowered as much as possible. Another related aspect is that sometimes lowering the bridge to achieve decent action results in the strings contacting the pickups while the pickups are as low as they can be adjusted. That's another indication that you need to shim the neck. You try to go for a happy medium of sorts. A workable neck angle allows the strings to be adjusted for optimal string action on the frets, while allowing the bridge to be raised enough so that the strings don't contact the pickups, and that the bridge itself isn't raised to anywhere near the limit of its height. Almost any hard material can be used as a shim. Often, the only way of determining the ideal neck angle on a particular instrument is by tediously unstringing & restringing, while experimenting with different thicknesses of shim material. You can often just loosen the strings without removing them from either the tuners or from the bridge/tailpiece, to save lots of time. Each time it's unstrung, the neck is removed and a shim is installed, then the neck is reattached to the body, the instrument is restrung & tuned to pitch, and the results are evaluated. You want to see that the bridge isn't so high that it's barely threaded into the threaded bushing inserts, while the strings have sufficient clearance above the pickups, and also while the string action can be set to a comfortable height. Check your neck relief while the strings are tuned to pitch and make sure it's the right amount for you. Because if you wait until after you do the shim testing, you may need to start all over when the relief is set. So, check & adjust the neck relief first. To help avoid confusion while trying out different shims, it's a good idea to begin with the thinnest shim and work your way up through the thicker sizes as your evaluation dictates. It's not usually necessary to use a full size tapered shim, a small flat strip of material placed at the end of the neck pocket nearest the bridge is generally regarded as sufficient, and typically no tonal or structural deficiencies will result. The shim can be secured in position in the neck pocket with a couple small strips of frog tape, or you can secure it in place with a tiny drop of glue, if you prefer. There are also numerous examples of shims that aren't secured at all, the crafter simply exercised care to not move the shim out of position when installing the neck. You can now buy tapered, full size shims in a choice of several different angle configurations, because StewMac is always trying to invent something we've done without for hundreds of years that they can convince us we need to buy. One word of caution, be gentle each time you secure the neck bolts, you don't want to strip them & thus add to your project workload. I hope these tips help.

Hello. I am looking to do this to my guitar but was wondering what the long term results were. How did your guitar end up until now?

Did it work?

@@socialdef3 I have done the repair, but I have also been staining the neck, so I have not been able to put string tension on it yet. However, I think it will be fine once I get strings on it.

Won't the glue stop the grounding?

I assume you would do this same trick for a two point trem that has pulled out of the body as well, correct?