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Hi Clare,
I should say that it can be done without a bar but usually you need either a pretty thick neck which has the head cut thinner for the tuners or a neck which has a fret board applied or a fairly high nut to hold the strings well above the neck as for slide playing. The example below has a thick neck.
You can also use string trees or retainers as used on standard guitars as shown below. eye screw or screw eyes are another method.
Hi Clare, With the tuners mounted the way you show in the drawing you have enough down pull on the strings to keep them firmly on the nut without the need to either thin the head down or to use a string tree. Happy building, John D
thanks! What is the gizmo called that you got from the farm supply store. I went by Lowe's yesterday and didn't see anything similar and didn't know what to ask for.
Yeah, I know about cutting out a slice of the face, but for a gal with only a scroll saw, it's not going to be easy. For my first build I'm doing a center slot. I'm putting on a 1/4" fretboard, so it'll give enough height. Here is my rough cut slot. I'll drill holes for the tuners, and then smooth out the inside.
The actual exact width of this first guitar neck I am using or working with is exactly 2 inches wide on the money.....could someone help me with the string layout for using either 3 or 4 strings..like how far in from the edge of the neck to put the first string and the spacing in between.....the strings.......it seems to me just from looking at it, that using only three strings is going to put these strings real far apart in relation to how they are on a standard 6 string guitar.....
Thanks in advance for the help.......
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