arcus94 Posted January 10, 2004 Report Share Posted January 10, 2004 I am building a guitar w/ the Carvin 25" scale and a tonepros nashville w/thru body stringing. I have read differing accounts of the bridge andgle on the tune-o-matic. Should it be angled back on the bass side 1/8" off the scale line? Should the high "e" post be on the 25" scale line. Also, the Tone pors has a 12" radius and the CArvin has a 15" radius. I'll probably use 10s and I don't want to run out of intonation room....Advice? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted January 10, 2004 Report Share Posted January 10, 2004 radius has nothing to do with intonation. do it like you said...that will give you plenty of room for intonation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWishICouldShred Posted January 10, 2004 Report Share Posted January 10, 2004 does it matter how far back you put the stop-piece? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbkim Posted January 10, 2004 Report Share Posted January 10, 2004 does it matter how far back you put the stop-piece? Hmm... I guess it doesn't really matter. It can go as far back, within reason, I suppose. You want to have enough of a downward angle so the strings don't pop out of the notches in the saddles. You probably don't want too much length so that it'd act as a harp . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted January 10, 2004 Report Share Posted January 10, 2004 someone recently posted a chart with those dimensions...i don't remember where Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWishICouldShred Posted January 10, 2004 Report Share Posted January 10, 2004 yeah cause we put the new stop-piece sort of far back on this old guitar i've been working on, so that holes from the original flat-mount trem dont show. Anyway, it looks really nice and the intonation is oddly enough perfect. I was worried about it staying in tune but ive decided i have no worries there, it stays in tune pretty well. horrible cutaway though.,.. even though its an SG shape! definitely not the right guitar for a scallop job lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuckguitarist Posted January 12, 2004 Report Share Posted January 12, 2004 Here is what wes was referring to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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