thats a great idea.. I terminated the strings thru the heal of the neck with a washer... not very imaginative but it does the job.
do they tend to remain tight? i imagine with the string tension they do.
here's a fella who used a bulldog clip, looks like he cut it in half and flattened it out. it looks like a decent piece as far as strength and being he found an antique clip adds to the ad hoc-ness.
I've been using picture hangers to hold the strings. I clip and grind off the hook and drill a hole for the screw. I tried terminating the strings at an acrylic bridge once but it cracked under tension. I've seen one method of using pop rivet heads glued into the front face
Thanks for your response. i'll look for the drawer pull, it is interesting as a detail.
one other question, the string termination at the tail... something made or something found?
Noticed on one of the boxes this detail was brass, a future detail design will be looking to make the string receiver acting/built into the bridge.
thanks for sharing.
Thanks! I've been using acrylic plexiglass for nuts and bridges on most of my builds, and the sound quality is great (to my ear anyway). I did one build with a bolt and didn't really notice any quality difference - the piezo's still get a good tone transfer. The jack is recessed inside of a 3/4" cup drawer pull from Lowes. On this one I expoxied it into the box, but on my latest one I put a large flat washer between the jack and the inside of the box to hold it all in place. The other shiny part is a screw head cover to hide where I mounted the tail end of the neck to the bottom of the box. I'm planning to replace it with a drilled coin style strap hanger one of these days.
is that plexi for the nut and Bridge? I thought of that but have not made one yet, hows the sound compared to just a bolt?
can you elaborate on the tail detail? did you fab those or are they found parts?
very nice guitars...
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do they tend to remain tight? i imagine with the string tension they do.
here's a fella who used a bulldog clip, looks like he cut it in half and flattened it out. it looks like a decent piece as far as strength and being he found an antique clip adds to the ad hoc-ness.
http://www.cigarboxnation.com/photo/closetail-1?xg_source=activity
thanks for sharing the info, greatly.
one other question, the string termination at the tail... something made or something found?
Noticed on one of the boxes this detail was brass, a future detail design will be looking to make the string receiver acting/built into the bridge.
thanks for sharing.
can you elaborate on the tail detail? did you fab those or are they found parts?
very nice guitars...