johns

i need mirrored FB inlays... where did you get them!

That link for the tutorial is great. Can you use this technique on bound FB's?

Drawn out on paper.... You couldn't stop me! Drawing them is my favorite part, break out the old drafting board and spend the whole day doing an orthogonal

ALSO, Cant believe I wrote FREATboard. How embarassing!

1. are you measuring off an unfretted board. Makes a difference Sorry i didnt mention that, I would base it off the fretted board. 2. Neck pocket bolt-on or glue-in I dont have any neck atm. Its going to be made, and its a neck through. I can understand with a bolt on you could shim/remove neck wood to adjust the height radically but I was confused about options with a through neck. I have it sorted out now though, as I have all the gear in front of me and am able to do an accurate drawing. I m lowering the saddles on the bridge to half, measuring the height and setting it 3/64 above fret so i have adjustment to raise or lower depending. Thankyou though for all the help guys!

Yeah I can agree with that, esp on wizard style necks you dont need any less than is already there. I will draw up a plan with a step as you mentioned, seems the most logical idea to me! Thanks

I know this has beena sked a million times and it probably in plain sight but I am having trouble finding out how/where to donate!

Also a goo idea. Its something I dont see mentioned that much. The angled neck dudes mention it all the time but for the no angle neck builds you dont often see in the build thread dudes talking about determining the FB height based on bridge height. I have some tech drawings of the bridge (which should be arriving today in the mail) and they mention string pitch. Is that the minimum/maximum bridge adjustment travel?

thanks for the answer, it makes sense. got a few options there. The tapered FB is a cool lil trick, i was thinking the hard way and thats a good 1!

Arr matey, that be a fine vessel ye have thurr!

Definately diggin the carving. Although as already mentioned, will make sitting the thing down to work on a bit difficult!

Hi guys, I have been reading through Melyvns and I just wanted to ask you guys about fretboard height. Do i put the bridge at the lowest point of its vertical action and use that height as the height the fretboard should be above the body so that at the lowest adjustment on the bridge the string runs along the bottom of the fretboard? I read that you set to the bottom and then adjust up to eliminate rattle. I am using a Gotoh fixed bridge that looks similar to a strat style trem but its a hardtail, with strings anchored via ferrules. Also forgot to mention this is no neck angle, straight neck cause i want the through neck but dont want to even think about making an angled through neck (craazy). Thanks in advance and sorry if this question makes no sense. As im typing im thinking more and more it is complete ramble! -Johns