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Permalink Reply by David L. on February 16, 2018 at 5:09am

Hi Rob,

Sorry I'm a bit late to the discussion.

How many strings are you having?

For a tail piece I tend to use a hardtail from eBay (China) which cost around £2.80 - you remove the saddles and use the base as in photo 1.

Previously on a 3 string CBG I have used a snake hinge and sawn off parts of one side of the hinge to give a hardtail for the strings (next photo).

Regarding your neck pocket - much depends on what height you want the strings ie low for fingerpicking, high for slide, or somewhere between for both.  In the final photo you can see the height my neck sits in the pocket and this is great for a low height for fingerpicking.

Regards,

David L.

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Permalink Reply by David L. on February 16, 2018 at 5:11am

Great only the last photo was posted.

Cut down snake hinge for 3 string

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Permalink Reply by David L. on February 16, 2018 at 5:13am

And the photo of the hardtail base as a tail piece

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Permalink Reply by Richard Dean on February 16, 2018 at 5:56am

That last pic is a really great idea for his 6 string, and I love the fact you used a compensated saddle, makes positioning the reso cone a lot easier, probably a lot less adjusting the biscuit

here's what my neck/fretboard looks like with back angle, aids in finger-picking and bridge height adjustment.

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Permalink Reply by Rob on February 19, 2018 at 3:23am

So I went for it and adjusted the neck :)

Seems OK so far..... What do you reckon?

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Permalink Reply by Rob on February 19, 2018 at 3:47am

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Permalink Reply by Richard Dean on February 19, 2018 at 4:38am

I like the back angle

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Permalink Reply by Rob on February 19, 2018 at 4:53am

I dont think its all the way down in the pocket quite yet... I just pushed it in qickly to ask your opinion ;)

Do you think I need to make it lower? I was worried the whole thing needed to drop a further few mill....

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Permalink Reply by Richard Dean on February 19, 2018 at 5:13am

it's perfect!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

It will allow for a taller bridge for good finger picking

Permalink Reply by Taffy Evans on February 19, 2018 at 9:37am

Hi, I normally place a straight edge along the fingerboard and measure the projected height  at the saddle position. Then add the string height and thats the ball park saddle/bridge height prior to fine tuning. 

Its hard to judge if the back angle is correct unless the neck is in its lowest fit in the neck pocket.

Also, and I could be reading the photo wrong, but there does not appear to be enough of the neck in its pocket to allow for the normal spacing of the four neck screws. I put a heal on the outside of the box if this the case for me.

I can show with photo if you want.

cheers Taff

Permalink Reply by Rob on February 19, 2018 at 11:03am

Thanks taff!

Tomorrow I was planning on measuring the scale and finding where to cut out for the cone. So I will do as you suggest and use a straight edge and work out where the bridge will be. I hope I get it right!!!!! Still use the stewmac calculations?

As for the idea of a heel piece.... sadly you're right and I do need to sort that. I have a piece of maple left over from my huge oversized block in the box. I'll carve something fancy with that :) a shame really as I reckon I could have had space if I was more cautious.

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Permalink Reply by Richard Dean on February 19, 2018 at 11:36am

See what you did Rob, ya went and got me starting back on my reso.

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