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Kevin commented on Robert Christopher Hill's photo

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"Hey man, Can you tell me why the brige is on an angle? Does it matter if its straight across as far as being intonated? Thank KTO"

Sep 21, 2012

Michael Fred Johnson replied to Kevin's discussion Staying in tune

"This photo shows the neck joint,the box top is glued on to make the whole thing rigid"

Sep 21, 2012

ChickenboneJohn replied to Kevin's discussion Staying in tune

"Excessively high action will most definitely pull notes sharp when fretted. You only need a couple of mm clearance over the frets, even less at the nut. "

Sep 20, 2012

Flatfish replied to Kevin's discussion Staying in tune

"I have only used the cheap ones from Gitty and the nickel plated a bit more expensive ones...so far so good."

Sep 20, 2012

Kevin replied to Kevin's discussion Staying in tune

"That is almost what I'm doing, cool. I didn't run it the length of the box, which is altogether a better idea. Thank you for the advice. Do you ever have problems with tuners that are not the very expensive ones?"

Sep 20, 2012

Flatfish replied to Kevin's discussion Staying in tune

"I found that if I were to only use a 1x2 and cut away a bit inside the box to let the top vibrate the neck ends up too thin. What I started doing is to just make the neck long enough to reach just inside the box, double up outside the box to form a…"

Sep 20, 2012

Kevin replied to Kevin's discussion Staying in tune

"Also I put on heavier strings. I have a feeling my fret job is poor. It only really buzzes after about the 7th fret. all strings buzz at different place. But I'm close."

Sep 20, 2012

Kevin replied to Kevin's discussion Staying in tune

"Great! Thanks Michael, I'll do that. How do you have you neck on there?"

Sep 20, 2012

Kevin replied to Kevin's discussion Staying in tune

"Flat Fish, Actually, the neck is thinner through the body and I was playing it at a weekly gig outside. So perhaps this is the case. I'll have to look. I took a hunk out of the neck at the pick up to drop it in. Then I reenforced the neck…"

Sep 20, 2012

Flatfish replied to Kevin's discussion Staying in tune

"Crazy thought here but it popped in my head when you mentioned that it's not a consistent problem. Is there any chance that your neck might be a little to thin (especially the part that's in the box)? Changes in humidity could…"

Sep 20, 2012

Michael Fred Johnson replied to Kevin's discussion Staying in tune

"This is another alternative for grounding the strings. This tailpiece has an wire soldered to the inside face running through a hole in the box and connected to the jack socket"

Sep 20, 2012

Michael Fred Johnson replied to Kevin's discussion Staying in tune

"This picture shows a brass strip on the underside of the bridge used to ground the strings.You can see the ends of the strings in contact with the edge of the strip "

Sep 20, 2012

Kevin replied to Kevin's discussion Staying in tune

"I'll put up a pic tomorrow Dan, Thanks for the reply. I had a feeling that could be it. Do you think heavier strings could help? Also you have any Idea how to ground these? Buzz like crazy"

Sep 19, 2012

Dan Sleep replied to Kevin's discussion Staying in tune

"If your strings sit high above the frets, when you press the string down, it will have a tendency to go sharp on you. This may happen more so on the first fret or two from the nut. If the notes are going flat, then you may have string slippage or…"

Sep 19, 2012

Kevin posted a discussion

Staying in tune

Hi folks, first post. I play with high action and it seems when I'm fretting notes or chords I keep going out of tune. Any thoughts of advise. Why can't I keep these babes in tune? I'm using a long scale martin ruler for frets... I'm at a loss. Sometimes it kills for hours, other times I can't keep it tuned for one song. Help!KTOSee More

Sep 19, 2012

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Kevin posted a status

"Building 4 strings, fretted, rosewood fretboards, humbuckers or single coils."

Sep 19, 2012

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