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Permalink Reply by john mackay on June 20, 2016 at 6:26am

if its a slide just raise the nut/bridge a little till your happy.

you can still do the same with frets but becareful you dont raise too high.

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Permalink Reply by Michael Zack on June 20, 2016 at 6:33am

Thanks, John. It is fretted, and the strings are a bit high now as I have not finished fitting the nut and the bridge.

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Permalink Reply by Dan Sleep on June 20, 2016 at 6:35am

You can always make a "string tree" that is a solid bar, with screws on each end that the strings run underneath. Something similar to the vintage electric guitars that have a metal U shaped thingy on the headstock.

or...

http://www.stewmac.com/Hardware_and_Parts/String_Trees_and_Retainer...

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Permalink Reply by Michael Zack on June 20, 2016 at 6:46am

Thanks, Dan. I was thinking along those lines. BTW, still love the guitar I bought from you last year.

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Permalink Reply by Dan Sleep on June 20, 2016 at 7:07am

Cool! Thanks...Aloha

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Permalink Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague on June 20, 2016 at 7:25am

Michael,

Ewww. Can't slide the bridge / saddle back toward the tailpiece, cuz that changes the scale length...fretted, so that nails it down too...could possibly shim it up, but that changes the intonation...could crank yer head stock angle back more (oops, rebuild haedstock)...could reset the neck angle to crank it back even more (bet this is a non-starter)...could remove the fretboard, and essentially shim that upward a 1/4" (bet that's Led Zeppelin territory, too)...could remove the kewl tailpiece, and run the string downward right behind the bridge, through the neck, and the back of the box (I can hear you starting to cuss my name)...orrrr...you could slide the bridge / saddle back a whole 1.5", and string it for a 27" baritone 3-banger...Orrrr...you build a new neck and headstock, both with back angles...ummm...nope, got nothin', man...

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Permalink Reply by Michael Zack on June 20, 2016 at 5:08pm

Dan Sleep hit it right with a string tree. I'll place it between the tailpiece and the bridge. Stewmac has them.

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Permalink Reply by Fomhorach on June 20, 2016 at 7:39am

Use a couple of string tree rollers/cups usually found on the head of a guitar. That type of idea.

Also.. If I am thinking correctly.. Mandolins sometimes have a device behind the bridge to dampen string vibration and increase volume (due to sympathetic resonance cancellation) that might also work to your advantage. Have a look at those online.

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Permalink Reply by Fomhorach on June 20, 2016 at 7:49am

Thinking more about this..if you put a small U shape behind the bridge to pull them down, you might get more volume into the soundboard as the energy of the strings behind the bridge will also be pulled into the soundboard. It would need to be very light. 

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Permalink Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague on June 20, 2016 at 8:06am

And if you attach a Bigsby Tremelo unit to the tailpiece, you'd get a similar effect...hmmm.

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Permalink Reply by Rick Alexander on June 20, 2016 at 8:19am

I know this will not look as good, but you could straighten out the tailpiece, and screw it to the top of the box, just behind the bridge. I just saw "Oily"s last response about the Bigsby. That's a thought!

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Permalink Reply by Michael Zack on June 20, 2016 at 5:09pm

That's a thought, and would work, but I think I'll go with a string tree.

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