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Hi all,
I'm a first timer from the UK and I would love to share my first project with you and ask some advice.
I'm building a fretless three string guitar from bits of hardwood from old furniture for the neck and ply and pine for the resonator. I chose to build the box from scratch as I was having difficulty finding a decent cigar box.
As you will see from the photos I have shaped the neck, yardstick and heal from one piece of white oak to which I have laminated a mahogany fret board.
This leads me onto my first question: my board is currently 8mm, is this to thick? Should it be more like 6mm?
Second question: what is the optimal action for slide? And optimal distance from string to soundboard?
Third and final for now: My machine head shafts are a little short, should I countersink into the back of my headstock, or reshape the top of the yardstick to make it narrower.
Please have a look at the pictures I've posted and feel free to comment / offer advice.
Thanks in advance
I'm a first timer from the UK and I would love to share my first project with you and ask some advice.
I'm building a fretless three string guitar from bits of hardwood from old furniture for the neck and ply and pine for the resonator. I chose to build the box from scratch as I was having difficulty finding a decent cigar box.
As you will see from the photos I have shaped the neck, yardstick and heal from one piece of white oak to which I have laminated a mahogany fret board.
This leads me onto my first question: my board is currently 8mm, is this to thick? Should it be more like 6mm?
Second question: what is the optimal action for slide? And optimal distance from string to soundboard?
Third and final for now: My machine head shafts are a little short, should I countersink into the back of my headstock, or reshape the top of the yardstick to make it narrower.
Please have a look at the pictures I've posted and feel free to comment / offer advice.
Thanks in advance
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Permalink Reply by Andy K on
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Just the one at the moment. Did a dry fit a few days ago to check the action and that everything was ok before finishing the neck. Just got a temporary bridge in the photo and need to mess about with it to get the action down a bit although as it is fretless not too worried about that!
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Permalink Reply by sasquatch on
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Looking great. I actually really like the look of the grommets. Are you going electric?
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Cheers Sasquatch! I was planning to put a piezo pickup in it although I was surprised at how loud it was acoustically. Always good to have the option of putting it through an amp though.
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Permalink Reply by Marc Brode on
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If you don't have frets, the string height won't be an issue... As long as it s high enough that your slide doesn't hit the neck while you're playing. I suggest using a threaded machine bold as a nut. That way, if the string height it too high or too low, you can use a larger or smaller circumference bolt. Keep switching them until you find one that is 'just right' for you.
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