EKO 12 string

Here's a vintage Eko 12 strinng with a very bad neck angle. As it is a bolt on neck, adding shims would fix the problem. I could've just used paper shims but making 2 wood shims would be more appropriate and also a time to hone those woodworking skills.

Here's how it went:


A 70s Eko I believe.



Neck angle is horribly wrong and as a result has unplayable action.






A small piece of scrap sapele is used to make the shim. After planing and shaping, a carpenter square is used to check that all the edges are square.




The shim is finalised and put into the neck cavity.



After bolting the neck back on, the neck angle is now correct.