ShatnersBassoon Posted October 17, 2023 Report Share Posted October 17, 2023 Ok…first off, these look like absolutely incredible guitars! Lightweight, sleek, rock solid, stable and elegant. I can’t for the life of me work out how they got this to work though (see photo below). The headstock area is only slightly recessed below the fretboard…on the website it says that the specially designed string guide works by supposedly creating the minimal break angle that is needed. Can’t quite figure out how they have done this? Note that the headstock is not angled. Also, they say that the minimal break angle helps to cause less friction on the zero fret? I can’t see how that would be, because the string guide would be taking the load, not the zero fret. Atleast that’s supposed to be how things are done. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShatnersBassoon Posted October 17, 2023 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2023 Ah…I think that the string retainer is bent slightly to achieve the angle… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henrim Posted October 17, 2023 Report Share Posted October 17, 2023 Yes, the string retainer is forcing strings to 6° angle. https://www.rubato.guitars/guitar/innovations/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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