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Permalink Reply by hardtime on August 27, 2011 at 4:20pm

I'm building my first cbg,looks good so far but need some advice on a bridge and nut.

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Permalink Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague on August 27, 2011 at 10:44pm

HT,

Typically, you might use 2 threaded bolts: a thinner one for the nut, a thicker one for the bridge. Check out the Beginning CBG Builders Group for more details. You'll find different answers there to your question, depending on whether or not you've decided to go fretless slide, or with frets. If fretless, then typically your strings will sit pretty high above your fret board. If fretted, it depends on the action you are trying to achieve. Many people here will try to set the nut so that the largest string going over it sits roughly one string width above the first fret, while at the 12th fret, this height would be a little more than another string width above that. You will also find more exact measurements in fractions of an inch and / or mm in the Beginner's Group.

Good luck with your build, and post pics when you're done!

Oily

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Permalink Reply by hardtime on August 28, 2011 at 5:49am

Oily "Strat-O'-Nine-Tales" Fool said:

HT,

Typically, you might use 2 threaded bolts: a thinner one for the nut, a thicker one for the bridge. Check out the Beginning CBG Builders Group for more details. You'll find different answers there to your question, depending on whether or not you've decided to go fretless slide, or with frets. If fretless, then typically your strings will sit pretty high above your fret board. If fretted, it depends on the action you are trying to achieve. Many people here will try to set the nut so that the largest string going over it sits roughly one string width above the first fret, while at the 12th fret, this height would be a little more than another string width above that. You will also find more exact measurements in fractions of an inch and / or mm in the Beginner's Group.

Good luck with your build, and post pics when you're done!

Oily

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