I built a neck without an angle headstock and noticed the strings went over the nut but was still tunable.
Is there any reason the tuning peg can't be used as the nut?
If you find your strings "buzz" then you will need to take something (like a nylon zip tie thingy) to press the strings down against the "nut" better. If they sound okay, then there may already be enough string pressure against the nut to stop the buzzing. Even the slightest downward bend of the strings when they cross over the nut can produce enough contact pressure to eliminate the buzz. However, if the strings don't contact the nut at all, then you will likely have tuning problems between open tuning and the "rest of the frets tuning" because of the extra string length beyond the nut to the tuners.
just thinking out loud?,Obsidian,i suspect you can do that to a degree,but you won't get a positive closure to the free string length i feel,better to fabricate something to pull the strings down post nut,and before tuners
OBSIDIAN > darryl kernaghanFebruary 5, 2015 at 11:43am
I was going to put an eye screw between the nut and tuners but the screw sat too high, now i have an extra hole. Anyway, yeah thinking out loud. I saw DB's latest build was bridgeless. The strings came right out of the tailpiece.
I figure no nut wouldn't work good for a 3-stringer because it would be hard to line up all 3 pegs with the bridge.
My strings were wound above the tuner peg hole, which i usually do for the first wind before sending the rest below the hole. However, i used acoustic strings on this build which were a lot shorter and never made it below the hole in the tuner. When i wound the string below the hole, enough contact was made with the nut so just wondering for future builds.
Can always drill a hole through a small coin (dime, perhaps) and use small screw, use it as a string tree to lower two adjacent strings from tuner. And you won't have a hole left open on the headstock. I've done it for a bass guitar build I did last year, and worked great.
that build is really pretty though, how does it sound?
OBSIDIAN > Matthew BorczonFebruary 5, 2015 at 11:43am
Well, thanks. It is a quick build from whatever i had left over. It sounds pretty good so far. I'm still working on a 1/4" plywood back and then i'm going to put a flatpup in it and put the jack and volume knob in the cymbal holes.
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If you find your strings "buzz" then you will need to take something (like a nylon zip tie thingy) to press the strings down against the "nut" better. If they sound okay, then there may already be enough string pressure against the nut to stop the buzzing. Even the slightest downward bend of the strings when they cross over the nut can produce enough contact pressure to eliminate the buzz. However, if the strings don't contact the nut at all, then you will likely have tuning problems between open tuning and the "rest of the frets tuning" because of the extra string length beyond the nut to the tuners.
just thinking out loud?,Obsidian,i suspect you can do that to a degree,but you won't get a positive closure to the free string length i feel,better to fabricate something to pull the strings down post nut,and before tuners
I was going to put an eye screw between the nut and tuners but the screw sat too high, now i have an extra hole. Anyway, yeah thinking out loud. I saw DB's latest build was bridgeless. The strings came right out of the tailpiece.
I figure no nut wouldn't work good for a 3-stringer because it would be hard to line up all 3 pegs with the bridge.
My strings were wound above the tuner peg hole, which i usually do for the first wind before sending the rest below the hole. However, i used acoustic strings on this build which were a lot shorter and never made it below the hole in the tuner. When i wound the string below the hole, enough contact was made with the nut so just wondering for future builds.
Can always drill a hole through a small coin (dime, perhaps) and use small screw, use it as a string tree to lower two adjacent strings from tuner. And you won't have a hole left open on the headstock. I've done it for a bass guitar build I did last year, and worked great.
that build is really pretty though, how does it sound?
Well, thanks. It is a quick build from whatever i had left over. It sounds pretty good so far. I'm still working on a 1/4" plywood back and then i'm going to put a flatpup in it and put the jack and volume knob in the cymbal holes.