A friend plays Bass, I was showing him my fretless CBG, and he asked me to make him a 2 string Bass... since I can't resist a fun project or challenge, I agreed.
I'll take all the advice I can get, since I searched here and found nothing... maybe my google-fu is failing me. Anyway, I bought some cheap "scratch-and-dent" Bass tuners on fleabay. They're HUGE... According to my precision measuring instrument (the MK-I Human Eyeball), these are too tall to work with a standard 1x2 neck. . .
Now what? These darn things are longer than my 1x2 is thick. I would normally cut down the head to 3/8" and mount the tuners, but the nut will just fall out... I am not sure I want to glue in an angled neck, I'm worried it would tear off. . .
I've seen string keepers. Are these the answer? Will they interfere with string tension?
Thanks!
John (noob to CBG) in San Diego
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If I am understanding your problem correctly I think you may be able to use a spider to pull the strings down and keep the nut in place
I use curtain eyes to pull the string down after the nut after it goes though the eye pulling it down it goes to the tunner
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Very cool, I am near the La Mesa/Lake Murray area (Hwy 125 and Navajo rd)... I'll post some pics once I have something to work with. I think I'll go get some 1/2" poplar and add it to the base as the kid suggested (THANKS!) and then drill it out and see . . .
Any suggestions for the height of the action?
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