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Permalink Reply by Jerry Jordan on January 22, 2020 at 8:30am

This went right over my head.,,.roller string trees on a CBG.,.?  I would work on the binding issue , or add rollers to your homemade retainer.,.when things and strings bind for me, I break out the razor files and file off whatever impedes.,, and I am a big fan of the zero fret.,,.

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Permalink Reply by Taffy Evans on January 22, 2020 at 11:22am

Hi, the use of string trees on an electric guitar is to provide downward pressure on the nut, due to the distance the tuners get from the nut with a six in line peghead. Also you will notice the the strings have a straight line from nut to tuner, so the the trees are not normally used to change the direction of the string.

As the roller is meant to hold the string down, I'm not sure you would get the same free movement with the string pulling to one side. Possibly the regular string tree would work better as it has a smooth spacer over the screw for the string to run against.

Just a thought Taff

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Permalink Reply by Taffy Evans on January 22, 2020 at 11:59am

Here's what I'm talking about....

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Permalink Reply by Robbie on January 23, 2020 at 3:12am

Yes, I don't see much use in the string trees in this build. I have seen someone using a file to file a  slight groove in the O fret to keep the strings from sliding all over the fret. Maybe that's a better route to go. Or making some kind of a string guide before the 0 fret to keep the strings in line.

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Permalink Reply by Taffy Evans on January 23, 2020 at 8:41am

Hi, just a comment Robbie, you will nead a high zero fret if you put grooves in it, the grooves may put the strings at same height or lower than the first fret, creating buzz, or are not deep enough and the strings will slide out if the angle to the tuner post is too great.

Your last suggestion is the regular way on a full size guitar. You actually have a nut but its behind the zero fret and spaces the strings.

Taff

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