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Hmm, the center screw for the bridge is right through the centerline. I can see where a slightly wider spacing would tidy things up a little but were I to do another I'd go for some kind of TOM...

I guess it depends on what you regard as 'wonky'. I didn't come across anything really definitive on bridge spacing.

Since I had a pile of fretwire here, I selected a piece that would work and replaced the zero fret. Success!

I looked up three chords.

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Well, got strings on, everything works... except.... the double A string is buzzing open.. big time. It's fine at the first fret so I have to conclude the zero fret is too low. I left it for a day...

Ahh, no, I'm actually in the Detroit USA area. Thanks though.

It just occurred to me how dumb I'm being.
I can just get two sets of D'Addario 10s and put a set together, yeah?

By way of an update. The finish is curing and I might as well wait for the strings from Emando.com to arrive.. which on Friday will be ONE MONTH since they shipped them.

Tru Oil coats drying.


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I ordered a set of strings from Emando.com on the 8th. Hopefully they will arrive eventually.

Thanks. Titebond 1 all the way!

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Wanted to get most of the body staining done before gluing the neck in, save a lot of masking off.

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Hey thanks. The original intent of this build was for the guitarist in the band who exclusively uses a burst Les Paul, I thought it would be amusing to echo that in this build.

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Quickie mockup.

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Got the neck pocket cut. Tight fit.. little too tight.

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Got the fretboard attached and started the neck profile. WOW it goes so quick compared to say, a 35" scale bass. It's about 1" at the second fret and that feels pretty good to me but since I've never...

Going with Grovers as I got them for a great price.

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Got the truss rod channel routed as well as the binding channel for the body. Just realized I'm out of skinny masking tape :/

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So the 12 string bridge arrived (finally)


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Pulled two saddles off, look like it will work.

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Half top load, half string through

Well, the person that will be playing this is used to guitar markings, just thought it would be easier for him.

Put the fretboard together, went with 12" radius.

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Very cool, I appreciate the info. Going single pickup here.

Can anyone give me neck thickness at the 1st and 12th fret? Front to back, not width just to be clear. TIA.

There will be a short pause while I wait for USPS to actually do their job. I was hoping to use a 15" truss rod I had laying around but there's way too much math involved so I ordered a shorter...