Uncle John - "a quarter inch above the 12th fret"? Wow! Seems high to me. I like the thickness of a dime ($0.10 piece) at the 1st fret, and the thickness of a Quarter ($0.25 piece) at the 12th fret. Maybe that is where your 'quarter inch' came from? (LOL! I'm sure it is!) One other note - you cannot substitute 2 nickels for the dime, nor a dime, two nickels and 5 pennies for the Quarter!
Tom - beautiful build! As always, Uncle John has offered a lot of good advice, but stay away from the 1/4" gap at the 12th fret!
Thanks Uncle John. I experimented with a couple of other bridge styles before settling on this one. It really transmits the string vibrations to the top well, wood bridges dampened the sounds too much for my liking.
Jock, tuning is the traditional GDG, scale length is 25 1/2”, the neck was made from an Oak 1x 3 from a big box store; it has no separate fingerboard, I cut the fret grooves directly into the neck.
Looks great. I like the strings to be a quarter inch above the 12th fret for playing finger chords and notes and still being able to use a slide. A little lower if I am not sliding. The threads on the bolt help hold the strings in place. If it sits too low, you can put small coins under the bolts on the saddle.
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Thanks Rev! I agree 1/4 is a little high for my playing style... I love the coin rule of thumb, no special tools required.
And yes...it is addictive, build #2 is in the planning stages already. :^)
Oh, and welcome to this wonderfully addictive pasttime!
Tom - beautiful build! As always, Uncle John has offered a lot of good advice, but stay away from the 1/4" gap at the 12th fret!
Jock, tuning is the traditional GDG, scale length is 25 1/2”, the neck was made from an Oak 1x 3 from a big box store; it has no separate fingerboard, I cut the fret grooves directly into the neck.
Any details - tuning, length, materials???