Chuck Moore

Please help posting pics.

Chuck

Hey Rick, Where in Ky do you live? Do you have any build pics? I am only finished with the neck glue up and rough head shape of my first build.

I am unsure how to post pics. I will try to figure it out and post.

As far as hardwoods. Paxton's in Cincinnati was a relatively good source, however, they are in their last month of retail sales. My only other source is a mill in St Leon, Indiana. That is about 1 1/4 hours NW of me. How about you? Anything near Lexington?

Chuck

Hey, Chuck, you're about 90 minutes up the road from me. Hope you're enjoying the weather.

What are you building? Any pics?

(And have you found any good hardwood sources nearby?)

Now that I have established,because my fingerboard has no nut slot, that I will need to "but the nut". Good huh! Do I use epoxy or titebond? Any special prep of the neck?

I am so thankful for this resource.

Chuck

Hey Russ,

Thanks for the reply. There is no fret slot at the very top of the board. It drops straight down to the first fret. The Yamaha strat style I have has a nut that seats up against the fret board. I am wondering if that is what this board is intended. The only boards at stewmac with slots are Fender scales.

Thanks,

Chuck

Measure your slot spacing to confirm this, but that first slot is most likely an indicator for where the nut should go. The reason it's slotted for a fret is so that you can use a zero fret if you so choose. If you want a nut instead, use a table saw, or router, or whatever you should chose to either widen that slot(only remove material on the headstock side of the slot!) or cut the board at that slot, depending on what your design calls for.

peace,

russ

I am in the initial phases of my first build. I have my neck ready to go, however, the book I am reading uses a fingerboard with a nut slot, mine has none. I bought it from Stewart-Macdonald. How do I install a nut with no slot? Please help.