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It looks great - where did you get the Celtic ornate decorations from? I have never seen them before.
The neck - I use recycled 6 string guitars and screw them to a neck socket formed from two blocks of wood either side of the neck and one long one to make the base of the neck socket which the neck is screwed to like this -
I am not sure if this might work for you.
Regarding the nut spacing - a friend put me onto this for 4 string instruments
At first I wondered what he was on about but as he explained - you print it out and cut to the outer lines then slide the nut or saddle you want to make behind the paper until the outer lines are where you want the outer 2 strings to be and then mark through the paper the position for the grooves for the inner strings.
I look forward to the next build (making a CBG look different than just a box and stick is the hard part that you have already mastered - from what you have learnt this time number 3 CBG is going to be awesome)
Regards,
David
Regarding the nut spacing - a friend put me onto this for 4 string instruments
At first I wondered what he was on about but as he explained - you print it out and cut to the outer lines then slide the nut or saddle you want to make behind the paper until the outer lines are where you want the outer 2 strings to be and then mark through the paper the position for the grooves for the inner strings.
Regards,
David
Any suggestions on how to fabricate a neck that would pass under the pickup but still be almost flush with the top wold be appreciated. I'm stumped.
Check out my pics and blog. If I understand, what you have is a single thickness neck (I assume you are doing a thru-neck design). Try this: Take a length of the same material you used for the neck and cut it to the length of the inside of the box. Glue that onto the bottom of the neck. Route out your area for the pup. That should give you enough reinforcement to hold without cracking or bowing.
-WY
No, it's two pieces laminated together for the whole length, except the peg head
Wes Yates said:Any suggestions on how to fabricate a neck that would pass under the pickup but still be almost flush with the top wold be appreciated. I'm stumped.
Check out my pics and blog. If I understand, what you have is a single thickness neck (I assume you are doing a thru-neck design). Try this: Take a length of the same material you used for the neck and cut it to the length of the inside of the box. Glue that onto the bottom of the neck. Route out your area for the pup. That should give you enough reinforcement to hold without cracking or bowing.
-WY
Hey WP - I see you have quite a few good responses already. The cool thing about building is there are a lot of ways to skin the cat so you can pick a choose what works for you as you develop your build process. You might check out Frank Fords site FRETS he is a great instrument maker and has posted a ton of information about building guitars. (He has a tut on a pretty cool string rule). I am in agreement on turning your wood lamination's so that the grain is 1/4 sawn that will provide the most resistance to bowing. I am out of the country right now but I would be happy to send you pictures of what I am talking about when I get back next week.
I noticed you are in Florida, I am over in Tampa, there are quite a few of us here. Anyway you might want to check out Reverend Nix's page we have a Jam coming up over in Orlando. He also hosts a couple of CBG radio shows.
Welcome to the club. Jim
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