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Comment by Uncle John on October 29, 2018 at 2:01am

That looks great.  Pretty setting too.

I built over a hundred, I think.  I still had trouble with the strings not lining up like I wanted and with them jumping off the nut.  Lots of folks use string retainers or string trees- some that hold down 2 strings at a time like on a Fender electric.  Some use a string lowering bar across the head stock.  Those are available from Gitty, MGB and ebay.  

Some builders put in two eye hooks and run a screw through the eye holes as a sting holder-downer. 

Things that help are some distance between the nearest tuner and the nut.  Yours looks good for that.  And using a bolt for the nut reduces string hop and allows easy string width adjustment.  And I do not note any loss of sound quality doing it.   Stringing from the 'wrong' side like you did the big string also helps.  It's a CBG, not a Martin - go the straightest path when you need to.  That might have helped on the small string too. 

As long as I am giving an unsolicited critique, your strings could be placed a bit wider.  Again, it's not a Martin.  Maybe that is personal preference on my part.  Good looking build. 

Study a bunch of photos here and see how things were done.  And keep in mind that some of those you view might look like Tarzan and play like Jane.