Noho Mercury - arrived.

Thom · Post by **Thom** » Fri Apr 09, 2021 5:11 pm

Cheers man, IÃ¢â‚¬â„¢m excited about this guitar for the first time in a long time!

Post by **Hurb** » Fri Apr 09, 2021 5:18 pm

Top work mate!
Gonna look much better

Thom · Post by **Thom** » Fri Apr 09, 2021 5:20 pm

Cheers mate!

Post by **Mike** » Fri Apr 09, 2021 7:02 pm

Really good mate!

Thom · Post by **Thom** » Fri Apr 09, 2021 7:40 pm

Cheers Mike!

Thom · Post by **Thom** » Sat Apr 10, 2021 4:54 pm

Had planned to drill the 4th neck hole in the part of the pocket I routed yesterday and then drill the neck holes. YouÃ¢â‚¬â„¢d think that the 3 existing holes would be regular Fender spacing...at least I did, but no! So I need to dowel 2 of them and redrill. Oh well, I guess thereÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s only one thing to say about it... Fuck Aug!

Post by **Mike** » Sat Apr 10, 2021 6:44 pm

The gift that keeps giving

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Sat Apr 10, 2021 6:54 pm

Was the new neck pre-drilled?

Any reason you couldn't just drill the neck to match the existing holes just use the old ferrules under the screws instead of a neckplate?

Thom · Post by **Thom** » Sat Apr 10, 2021 8:06 pm

No not pre drilled, which is good. But the old neck had an asymmetric neck plate, not ferrules. I guess I just had it in mind that it would easily take a standard plate just by drilling one extra hole.

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Sat Apr 10, 2021 8:18 pm

Ah, I don't know why I thought it had ferrules. If it were me I'd probably just use the existing plate and drill the neck, it shouldn't affect stability or anything and you'd be keeping some of the original NoHo quirks.

Thom · Post by **Thom** » Sat Apr 10, 2021 8:22 pm

Yeah it might be the easiest option!