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Having made a number of scratch built guitars over the years (31 so far ), fretting was always the most tedious and exacting of the skills needed for success.. Proper installation and "fret dress" is critical to a good playing instrument .. Frets need to be securely set, properly leveled, and crowned to work properly, fret ends need to be nicely smoothed and rounded as to not cut the players fingers ... Skimping on this part will only produce a poor playing instrument that buzzes and does not intonate properly ... You guys done any threads on proper fret installation and dress techniques???
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2000 divided by 20 = 100 guitars!
Post a close up photo?
I used cotter pins for the first 20 or so builds, and they still have a place in my heart. Mostly because they come in brass.
OH, where do you find brass cotter pins? and are they expensive? My first fret neck is underway and brass is my hardware theme. You split the pins and glue them down w/o slots?? Thanks, Bruce
Diane said:2000 divided by 20 = 100 guitars!
Post a close up photo? I used cotter pins for the first 20 or so builds, and they still have a place in my heart. Mostly because they come in brass.
StarGeezers, I'm starting to come around to your way of thinkin...The magic of these instruments for me is taking things that have no place on a guitar, and making it play. That having been said...it is a PITA making things work for what they outta-notta. A 16ga. finish brad just so happens to fit the slot that my miter saw makes...sign from above? NO. When it's all said & done they are differing depths (heights). That's not a problem on the ones I just made, they're gonna be played slide and the punch I even sanded down (almost) flush to the neck for markers only. (pics Posted) But, it sure was painstaking for the amount of good I got.
If Diane can talk about sympathetic strings and other such nonsense on here, I guess I may as well try "real" fret wire....dammit.
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