Gap between neck and body / pickguard

[pforsell]

Hi everyone. I have a new kramer neck from a flying V that has a very flat neck heel, with no overhang of the fretboard. It goes pretty much straight across without any curve to it. I want to put it on a strat-like body that has a more normal curved neck pocket. When I attach the neck, there is a U shaped gap between the neck and the body/pickguard of the guitar. I don't think it will affect intonation, but it obviously looks too slapped together. Any advice on this? Do they make strat shaped pickguards with a flatter neck pocket shape that I don't have to special order and pay a lot more for? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks all.

[David Schwab]

You have to measure from the bridge to the nut or 12th fret to see if its going to play in tune. You can have a pickguard custom made. Places like WD Music will do it if you give them a drawing, or take it to a luthier/repair person.