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I am starting my first tenor guitat as well. I have a Harmony that has a 23" scale. I went on Stewmac for scale length in mm. Thanks for posting this question. This is my first time adding frets to my neck. Any advise?
Thanks dogfinger,
I was planning to fret on the neck and not a fret board. I will check out the vid's to get a better idea what I am doing. I will let you know how it turns out.
dogfinger steve dodds said:
hi sam, my advice would be to just take your time with fretting, double check measurements. i put off fretting my first cbg for ages cos i was nervous about it, i now quite enjoy it but only do it when i'm in the right sort of mood. are you fretting straight to the neck or using a fret board, theres a vid on my page of a simple fret cutting jig i made that takes a lot of the pain out of sawing straight(need all the help i can on that one). i also made a fret press from an old drill press, might do a vid of the whole process? everybody does it differently i think, as ben said dan sleeps vid is excellent, totally different to my method but i picked up on a couple of things there...adapt n improve. give me a shout if ya get stuck:0)
Ukecansam said:I am starting my first tenor guitat as well. I have a Harmony that has a 23" scale. I went on Stewmac for scale length in mm. Thanks for posting this question. This is my first time adding frets to my neck. Any advise?
Ben,
Thanks for your advice. I will check the vid's. could you explane more about intonate the bridge?
Thanks,
Ben said:
Watch the video just posted by Dan Sleep on how he does fretting. That will point you in the right direction. My only real advice is to make sure you measure each fret from the nut instead of fret to fret. That way you don't compound any errors. Also know that if you build a 23" scale, when you intonate the bridge, it will not be exactly 23" inches from the nut (or 12 1/2" from the 12th fret). It will need to be pushed back a tad. Good luck! Not nearly as hard as you're thinking...
Ben,
Thanks for your advice. I will check the vid's. could you explane more about intonate the bridge?
Thanks,
Ben said:Watch the video just posted by Dan Sleep on how he does fretting. That will point you in the right direction. My only real advice is to make sure you measure each fret from the nut instead of fret to fret. That way you don't compound any errors. Also know that if you build a 23" scale, when you intonate the bridge, it will not be exactly 23" inches from the nut (or 12 1/2" from the 12th fret). It will need to be pushed back a tad. Good luck! Not nearly as hard as you're thinking...
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