Posted by Bluesheart on January 14, 2017 at 9:17am
More progress on the sitar neck. Upgraded to a bit larger hardwood trim that will create a raised edge for the frets. The drone strings will pass UNDER the frets. This is gonna be a real bitch to glue up correctly!
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Wow, Jim, that is awesome. I'm getting close to planning/ building the bridges. What material did you use for those?
Very cool and ambitious(!) project. Great headstock.
FWIW: getting the angles I needed on the jawari(s?) to get the sound I wanted took a lot of experimentation/time..
http://aacm.org/forum/index.php?p=/discussion/6/what-is-jawaris/p1