wine box to big??

john mackay March 20, 2015 at 2:10pm

thanks for ya tip

john mackay March 20, 2015 at 2:00pm

my son just popped in to have a look and play. he said it sound very nice and bassy.

tune the strings as normal as per 6 strings 6,5,4, and 3.

sound realy nice and then one of the strings went off no 3 it turned out the the chinese tuners decided to give way so that will need changing.

never had this happened with the others ,hopefully just a one off.

he said just imagine what it'll sound like with good quality strings!

most of the strings cost 99 pence for 6.

the anonymous pick > john mackay March 20, 2015 at 2:06pm

i wouldnt mess with it too much , sometimes a guit needs to find its own position , and "settle" after being tuned . hell . nylon strings take weeks to find them selves sometimes .

john mackay March 20, 2015 at 11:59am

all sorted.

when I tried to tune it it was all over the place.put a thick and longer wood on.

it seem to be holding up well.

had to make new nut /bridge.

got the strings set at about 1.5 to 2mm from the nut up to 3 to 3.5mm..

knobs on.thanks for the input.

the anonymous pick > john mackay March 20, 2015 at 1:29pm

cheers .. now have fun with it ;-)

john mackay March 19, 2015 at 4:17pm

the tone/volume knobs need to be put on but forgotten which is which.

and I dont want to disturb the lacquer.

one pot has what look like green capacitor of sort,I take that this for the tone?

I'll have put a longer bridge and thicker as the neck is bending upwards.

so box will have to be cut to allow a longer wood support.

see attachment in my 4th post and you will see what I mean.

the anonymous pick > john mackay March 19, 2015 at 4:41pm

yup on the tone cap .. and i'd do a thicker piece of wood inside .

if you could extend it past the box ,making an outer heal that would offer more support too.