Posted by Tres Seaver on August 25, 2009 at 11:30pm
I'm thinking about my next build: I have a reasonably nice white Macanudo box (maybe these are Shane Speals' favorites?) which I would like to make into a "nicer" box for a friend's birthday. I scrounged a bunch of old oak screen panels, one of which had a cool oak "pull" on it, which I am thinking of using as the bridge. The piece is about 3/4" high, which seems a bit high for the standard "flush neck" design, so I'm thinking to drop the neck down below the top and add a fingerboard which will run flush with the top. I have a piece of 1/4" poplar I might use for contrast with the red oak neck, or I may just use 1/4" red oak instead. 'm thinking of using a cool looking trefoil-like hinge as a tailpiece. In the picture, I am mocking up having the through-neck terminate at the bottom of the box, but I don't know how that will work out. I'm also not sure that I have enough room on top in that configuration for the tailpiece and the bridge in my originally-intended location. I'd really like to do something nicer for the nut than the classic machine bolt, but don't have anything in mind. I'm also painfully aware of the conflict between a nut which is low enough for fretting and using a simple "filed down" headstock: I may need to get into more complicated joinery than I really have skills for to solve that problem. Hope this kind of before-the-fact maundering is useful to others who may be thinking some of the same things!
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