Been working on this for a couple weeks now. Lots of cutting and measuring and gluing and clamping and a lot of the things I don't like having to do so I usually work with tins to avoid them, but now that part I done and I can relax. I have built a Box, rather large 340mm x 210mm, mostly out of ply and an old pallet.
Today I cut and drilled out the holes, 6 sound holes on the top and a one for the length of Pine that the neck is now mounted on. for the moment, the work is done and I am thinking of what to do next. I want to drill a 7th sound hold right in-between the bridge bolt and the neck, which is large enough to mount a Mini Humbucker or a single coil inside of it.
There will be more pictures, but for the moment, what you guys think?
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you might have a scale length problem now. the end of the fretboard where the nuttouches is the start of the scale length if you removed the nut and put in a bolt the start point of the scale length is moved back to the top of the bolt. putting all the frets out of position...
HI JP, sounds like your all over it. Don't forget that the nut is designed/fitted to give correct action height at the first fret. So you will need the strings on to get that right. Don't glue it in with epoxy, Ha ha.
Taff
Hi, that looks like a sturdy box, nice clean work too, well done.
Taff
Thank you Taff, I have done a little work on the neck. it didn't come with a nut so I took a long 2mm bolt, sawed off the end and glued it in the slot and now I have a universal nut. I've had some thoughts as to do to with this thing I have created, it might serve as my test bed for working with coursed strings. something like a GgDdGg open tuning or something to that effect would be something to try.