Hi! Regarding neck angle;it's major surgery for dovetail neck joints (well fiddly anyway) but with a bolt on neck it's dead easy. Just shape a shim to fit, or remove some wood, and away you go. Regarding bridge height; it's pretty much trial and error, but too low and you lose 'break angle', which reduces pressure on the top, and volume tends to suffer. Reminds me of what Earl Scruggs (allegedly) said when someone asked how tight the banjo head should be for bluegrass; 'Tighten it 'till it breaks, then back it off some!' Tim
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