What would be a good test of pieces of timber..to determine suitability and best use for a neck and fretboard?
I have three great large pieces of timber (planks) from which I can mill and machine a few necks and a few fretboards.
Now I have many op
Read more…To those of you that overlap your fret board onto the top of the box.(the lid) ..are you leaving a gap at all?
I have been puzzling out this part of the design and have most of it figured except if I should leave a gap or not.
The neck will run th
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What is the optimum or recommended height of the strings to the Fret... at 1st and last fret?
This is determined by nut and bridge ..which I want to think about for design purposes.
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I hope that I may create this as a project thread where I can track my project build as well as get advice and tap into all of your considerable experience and awesome ideas on the way.
Plan is to research this forum thoroughly
Read more…Just introducing myself to you all and checking out how this forum rolls.
New member from Auckland, New Zealand...and I will have a lot of questions.
I am in the film industry....Director, cameraman, editor. TV commercials mainly.
I play strats (rhy
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