A couple comments based on your posts.. I target 3/4-7/8" thick at the first fret(includes fretboard) and 1" at the 16th fret(my neck joint). I like for the fretboard to be 1/16" proud of the top. 1/16" gap plus 1/4" thick fretboard plus .010" frets plus .030" action puts you at 11/32" on a 3/8" tall bridge. Any more than that and you'll end up limiting your range to adjust the action. I'd encourage you to run a straight edge down your fretboard to see how it compares to the height of the saddles. It seems high to me. Sorry for the unsolicited suggestions but hate to see you glue that in and it be too tall.
She's looking great Englishman!! I like the looks of the all yellow for an electric but the burst will be nice too.
Regards,
Len B.
Cleawater, FL
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.
Impressive work! What glue will you use? I have wondered about that for a while. It is most likely covered in a past thread that I have not found yet.
I ordered a set of strings from Emando.com on the 8th. Hopefully they will arrive eventually.
Its looking good.
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.
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?
Hey Englishman, presumably you are in England then?
If so, try Strings Direct ..... they sell single strings so you can make your own set up.
I suggest D`Addario XL electric guitar strings in following gauges.... 0.010", 0.014", 0.024"W and 0.036"W
Incidentally, these strings are ideal for Mandobirds and the early Mandocasters with a compensated bar type tailpiece as intonation can be set up perfectly.
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 hoping the string tension would introduce some relief, but it didn't. Zero tension on the truss rod. I leveled the frets but didn't include the zero fret. I suspect that if I had, I would have noticed it was low, the first fret was a little low but they easily leveled. Amazing how quick it goes compared a 24 fret Jascar fretted bass neck. It seems my options are limited to:
Level the frets again, but lower than they need to be so as to make the zero fret 'higher'.
Install a higher Zero Fret.
Shave the neck so it is more flexible and will bend with string tension.
Toss it in the dumpster and buy a Harley Benton/Eastwood ready made.
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.
Roger Landes
http://rogerlandes.com
Lessons: https://www.mandolincafe.com/ads/199670#199670
The Hal Leonard Irish Bouzouki Method:
https://www.halleonard.com/product/v...?itemid=696348
"Dragon Reels" 25th Anniversary Reissue
https://rogerlandes.bandcamp.com/releases
I guess it depends on what you regard as 'wonky'. I didn't come across anything really definitive on bridge spacing.
Roger Landes
http://rogerlandes.com
Lessons: https://www.mandolincafe.com/ads/199670#199670
The Hal Leonard Irish Bouzouki Method:
https://www.halleonard.com/product/v...?itemid=696348
"Dragon Reels" 25th Anniversary Reissue
https://rogerlandes.bandcamp.com/releases
My bridges are 11mm on center for mandolins and increase to 12mm on center for tenor guitars. I think what Roger is suggesting as "wonky" is that the bridge base is off center, to the center line, but the strings are centered. The 12 string bridge he used is 10.5mm on center. A wider spacing, 11mm to 11.5mm, would put the strings right over the pole pieces. Did you wind the pickup? For a first emando, it looks great. Very much impressed by the hand rubbed burst.
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 bridge.As it is, it seems to play great to some of us non Mando players and it's already in the possession of the guitarist that will be using it for two songs with the band. I didn't wind the pickup, I kinda like the maple bobbin covers and surround though.
Roger Landes
http://rogerlandes.com
Lessons: https://www.mandolincafe.com/ads/199670#199670
The Hal Leonard Irish Bouzouki Method:
https://www.halleonard.com/product/v...?itemid=696348
"Dragon Reels" 25th Anniversary Reissue
https://rogerlandes.bandcamp.com/releases
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