Squier Guitar Neck Shim - Classic Vibe: 70's Jaguar / 60's Jazzmaster

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I have installed this on a Squier Classic Vibe 70's Jaguar, as well as a Squier Classic Vibe 60's Jazzmaster. I will update this Thing if/when I ever get around to trying it on my Squier Jagmaster II, or on my son's Squier FSR Mini Jazzmaster (either with confirmation that it fits, or with new designs - probably a smaller one for the Mini). I didn't do any fancy math to determine the angle or anything, I just designed a shim that fit the neck pocket fairly well (not perfectly, but significantly better than the only alternative I found on here). Print it with a brim so it doesn't lift, maybe a bit slower than usual (I used 80mm/s for everything, 50% for first layer). Make sure it's solid, obviously. Use the thinnest layer size you can pull off for the smoothest transitions. If you don't like the angle, you can change it easily by just scaling just the height in your slicer. This is what I did, after trying out the one in the images and finding the angle too high. I scaled it to 1mm thick and that seems about perfect for my particular Jaguar. I also printed it for my Jazzmaster at the same height. After printing, I trimmed off the end just a bit (mostly because it was hard to tell where the brim ended), sanded it slightly to smooth the layer changes, as well as the edges of the shim. Just made it nice and smooth. Probably unnecessary, given the rough surfaces in the pocket of the body and the back of the neck... But I did it just the same. After sanding, my digital calipers measured the thick end around 0.8mm on the Jazzmaster shim (I didn't check the Jaguar shim). This gave the neck a nice pitch back, without having to spend $50 and a week of waiting for a wooden shim kit. I don't notice any issues with the plastic (I used PLA). Sustain still seems good. It's solid. The factory often uses a small piece of sandpaper. People have used cardstock, a guitar pick, etc. so I think we're good to go with printing these.