did you check the trem post lock screws there are two tiny locking grub screws inside the centre of the trem posts that you need to unscrew before you can lower the trem posts
Hi Leonard ... thanks for weighing in ... that guitar is long gone ... Tom ( comment above ) is the owner. Your comment may help someone else at sometime in the future who is working on one of these. Cheers ... stay safe \m/ ! MMcC
My only thing with this is - shouldn't that retainer bar be lowered a bit? It may just be my eyes deceiving me because it's on a video, but it almost doesn't look like it's sitting tight enough to the headstock to do what it's there to do. Otherwise, this is lightyears above how any of my guitars are set up, and I'm surely not going to argue with the master himself lol. Well done!
how are you getting the correct string height off first fret without using feeler gauges ? how do you know the proper depth ? im baffled ,I measure the 1st fret and add .020 with feeler guages to get it just right but your compensating and getting proper height im just amazed
They was a bunch other work done to this guitar .... Pickguard / Fret dress / .... it was a while ago. I'd have to check with Tom to see what the final tally was.
After all that effort to make a perfectly pitched beautiful sounding guitar, I hope your customer plays for a church because that axe would be wasted effort if used for deth metal ¥
I wish I had a guitar like this back in the day when I was playing in bands.Fantastic Michael
really like how you show the value of a compensated nut
Sir the ball end trick at the headstock is as old as the hills! But this was a great video thanks for uploading.
Yes, you are right. When Nick brought this up in the GRAD class ( 15 years ago ) ... I realized that even an old dog like me ..... Lol !
did you check the trem post lock screws there are two tiny locking grub screws inside the centre of the trem posts that you need to unscrew before you can lower the trem posts
Hi Leonard ... thanks for weighing in ... that guitar is long gone ... Tom ( comment above ) is the owner. Your comment may help someone else at sometime in the future who is working on one of these. Cheers ... stay safe \m/ ! MMcC
My only thing with this is - shouldn't that retainer bar be lowered a bit? It may just be my eyes deceiving me because it's on a video, but it almost doesn't look like it's sitting tight enough to the headstock to do what it's there to do. Otherwise, this is lightyears above how any of my guitars are set up, and I'm surely not going to argue with the master himself lol. Well done!
That was done a few years ago. Tom would have said something if there was an issue .... so no news is good news... I suppose. Cheers \m/ !
So the 1st step is to set 12 fret using a saddles at the bridge and the 2nd step is to measure open strings to get a nut compensating values?
I start with 7th fret and 19th fret notes ( adjusted at the bridge ).
how are you getting the correct string height off first fret without using feeler gauges ? how do you know the proper depth ? im baffled ,I measure the 1st fret and add .020 with feeler guages to get it just right but your compensating and getting proper height im just amazed
You'll see on the Patreon videos, how I stack up feeler gauges to the right height.
Do you have any video explaining why the nut must be intonated when you can do so also on the bridge? Thank you.
ruclips.net/video/237vjZmWWy4/видео.html
do you intonate the saddles first and then after at the end only compensate the nut?
Short answer: Yes.
What would it cost for someone off the street to bring in a guitar and have that much work done??
They was a bunch other work done to this guitar .... Pickguard / Fret dress / .... it was a while ago. I'd have to check with Tom to see what the final tally was.
Which app are you use to tune?
Cleartune .... $5.
So what do you do when the nut is sharp and needs to move toward the tuners?
Oooof
After all that effort to make a perfectly pitched beautiful sounding guitar, I hope your customer plays for a church because that axe would be wasted effort if used for deth metal ¥
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