Noddy13 Posted September 18, 2005 Report Share Posted September 18, 2005 Hi, i'm making and kelly style body out of basswood for a school project soon and i wanted to make it a string thru body, the ones with a LP bridge bit with the strings going into the body. I was wondering would the basswood be able to hold the strings goin thru the body or would i need Ferrules to stop the string rippin thru the body. Sorry if this has been mentioned before but it seems when ever i search for something nothings there!!! Cheers Noddy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattia Posted September 18, 2005 Report Share Posted September 18, 2005 You need the ferrules, best on both top and back, but definitely on the back. On the top, you could use angled holes/slots so the break doesn't occur on a finished, polished top surface. Over time, string balls would just eat into the wood. The whole shebang would only set you back a couple of bucks, and if you want to go real cheap, bits of metal tubing will do, but that's more work, IMO, than the 5-6 bucks are worth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluesPlaya Posted September 18, 2005 Report Share Posted September 18, 2005 +1 I'm doing a similar project for my bass player and you'll deffinitly want those furreles there. If you aren't possitive on how to do it, I would have recomended checking out an Ibanez model I was playing at GC a while back, can't find a pic of it though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noddy13 Posted September 18, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 18, 2005 Ok, cheers for the help. Now i got that sorted how would i go about installing Ferrules??? Cheers Noddy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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