Well I just ripped off a good idea from David Hurd. Being fairly new to building, I still feel nervous about getting the bridge/saddle in the right place. I know you more experienced builders have it down, but i think I now have a pretty good way to experiment with different strings on any scale length. Some of the modifications I made on Mr. Hurd's compensation jig were:
1. Using a 1/4" removable fretboard (double sided sticky tape) so different scale lengths can be tried. This also allows you to place the first 3 frets or so, which lets you work on nut slotting.
2. I used a nut instead of a zero fret. It is just wedged between a small piece of wood on the headstock (with a 15 degree vertical angle) and the sticky taped fretboard.
3. The retention block of wood at the tail end of the jig has a piece of aluminum that fits into a slot on the board that keeps it dead still.
4. I used two carriage bolts with compression springs to help keep the bridge platform from skewing from side to side.
It was a major project for my little mind, but I'm really tickled with what I've been able to do with it. Anyway, here are a few pics. Thanks for looking.
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Last edited by Bill Higgs on Wed May 19, 2010 10:21 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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