Amazon neck shims?

[R J]

I’m very excited to say I’ll be picking up a ‘62 Reissue made for Dave’s Guitar in fiesta red, adding to my AVRI collection of a ‘65 and AVRI II.

The AVRI II has been shimmed by a tech with fantastic results, it’s my favorite JM I’ve ever played. The 65…that one’s a bit of a fiddle still. I shimmed it but I’m thinking I may need to revisit the angle of the shim I used. I also don’t like the chunky neck on this one nearly as much.

The ‘62 I’m picking up, well, that my partner is picking up for me on her way out of town, I can’t play before hand. It’s a bit of a grail guitar for me and while my anxious about how it will play I’m also very excited and willing to roll the dice as it’s a good deal and resale remains pretty high on these.

I’m assuming the 62 will also need to be shimmed unless anyone has experience with these that might suggest otherwise.

Does anyone have experience with the multiple shims available from Amazon? They’re half the price of the ones available from Stew Mac. I’d gladly pony up if it were the cost difference alone but Stew Mac’s shipping costs on what equates to a regular postal envelope is a bit hard to swallow.

Of course I can order them and see for myself but I thought it might be wise to see what others say.

Thanks, everyone.

[timtam]

Discussed in depth here:
viewtopic.php?f=7&t=125036

TL;DR:
Tosicam: Good.
Muspor MX0360D: OK, but not exactly the labelled angle they say they are.
Unbranded: Fake, unless you want a flat shim with no angle.

[R J]

Well I’ll be darned. Thank you!

[Larry Mal]

These are good.

[DrippyReverbTremolo]

I didn't even want to chance it and got the Stewmac ones.

[andy_tchp]

I’m assuming the 62 will also need to be shimmed unless anyone has experience with these that might suggest otherwise.

'It depends' is the answer depending on the specific guitar and how well (or not) it sets up. They often had small cardstock type shims from the factory which are just fine.