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Neck Shim spreadsheet
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Neck Shim spreadsheet
First time here on the forums, not sure how often I’ll check in, but thought this the best place to post it.
Was playing with an idea proposed by Buck Van Laarhoven on a parametric model for bolt-on neck shims, and found the formulas I wrote up translated easily to Taylor and conventional acoustic neck joints so decided to add boxes for those as well.
I’m not well versed in Google Sheets, but couldn’t see a way to upload the file directly for others to download and play with. I think this link can be viewed and edited by anyone – not sure if that’s inviting a mess if multiple people try to edit at the same time, but again, I don’t often work in Google Sheets. Hopefully all the formulas translated proper from Excel to Google.
Brief summary, yellow cells are for data entry, blue cells contain formulas for results so try not to mess with those. Top three cells are universal and affect all results. Cells in the separate Bolt-on, Taylor, and Acoustic Neck Reset boxes only impact results within those categories. The current Taylor box is only for standard heels, I may add options for short heel models like the GS Mini later.
This was thrown together rather quickly, so if anyone spots any errors in the math or results please let me know. Not sure where the potential for use is, possibly 3d print or CNC’d shims, maybe just as a quick reference to let you know what gauge pick to throw under a Tele neck. In either case, I’ll try to check back in here, or can usually be found on the LoothALong most weekday afternoons.
Hope the link works…
*Edit – the file is now posted in the archives if you want to download it. Just keep in mind it’s just a beta version, I believe it should be accurate, but has not yet been vetted by review.
https://dev.loothgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/shim-calc-v2.zip
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Hey Dave
Recommend you make a copy of the file to load up. Then your original Google sheet won’t be altered by another user in the shared file. You can do that by going to file and click ‘make a copy’ and you should be good to go. That will allow you to make changes should you find errors without having to start all over. Let me know if you need any help with it. I use it pretty frequently.
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I tried to post a straight copy of a the file, but did not see a way to upload files other than photos to the forum here.
I’m fine if the version on Google Sheets gets messed up, it’s just copied and pasted there from the Excel file on my desktop. If there’s a way I missed to upload the file here directly, let me know and I’ll try that.
Thanks.
Edit: Ian posted the file up in the archives – I’ll link to it in the original post.
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