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Frank, you might need an exorcism and I can't help you with that. I am also not your "go to" guy on wiring. You need to be more specific with your wiring problem.
Your frets being level and having one higher or lower than the other is what is called an oxymoron. If you are doing a neck through design, I can't help you either. If you are doing a bolt on neck post a picture looking from the side at string level showing the action and I will give it a whirl. You are a bit frustrated it seems and brother, I hear you. Hang in there. (:-D)
I have a crse. I try and try fretting but always have higher or lower frets even after leveling. What is the trick?
My curse extends to wiring. For some reason I always have problems, even with a pre-wired setup from Gitty!
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This is my entry in the 2015 2x4 competition. I provided a link back to CBNation at the end of the video with thanks to this community for so much help and good tips.
I may be too late for this comment, but; I have lots of "wrong side hinged boxes" The one you have is perfect acoustic, So , I would make the bottom the top. Neck will be centered, braced, and sound hole cut on bottom. You can then open back if you neatly cut paper hinge and apply hinges to the long side. OR, you could sell the box to me. I would love the opportunity. Sorry to disagree to Keith; but this box begs to be played. The dimensions are too good to be an amp box.
Well I'm set to start my first CBG, garage and work area cleaned and ready. Now I can actually see the work bench. Basic Gitty kit neck through box deal. Quarter sawn oak fretted neck through a nice gold Macanudo box. I want the neck to be flush with the top so I'll have to notch the neck down. Mainly I need to thank the CB Nation as a great place to get info from builders of all types. A lot of ideas and information to be found. I will have a lot of questions in the next two weeks.
So for the past few weeks I've been cruising craigslist for a band saw and even looked at some scroll saws. Boy there is a lot of sadness in those two saws, they both seem to be popular with retired folks (I should talk I'm almost 60 !) for hobbies and such. Either in the listing or when talking to to some of these folks its basically they bought the tools then the wife or husband has a stroke, heart attack, etc. and now they are selling everything. Sad ....
Hi Scott - I was going to do a plain gitty neck and glue on a fb but then went the middle way and ordered a gitty neck that is fully fretted. So I have a quarter sawn oak fretted neck - so I do see that I will need to notch down an 1/8 or 3/16 to set the nut (I think). Appreciate your help here and I'll have a bunch of questions as I get going next week.
Henry, if you use a fretboard, you dont have to slot the neck for the nut, it just goes against the fb.
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