March 3, 2020
March 3, 2020
All assembled and strung up with D'Addario round-wounds. The action fell into place with just a little adjusting. I set the intonation with a yardstick, which works better than you'd think. Add 3/16" for the E string, 0 for the G, and split the difference in between.
Apart from testing the wiring, I have not yet plugged it in. I'm going to let it settle under tension for a week or two.
This one went through a long and torturous build process over almost two years. All I can say is don't believe the "advice" you find on talk_ass. However, in the end, it turned out to be a pretty nice instrument.
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I once got to thinking about this, and it seems to me there are two important measures that will let you compare "reach" between different guitars. The first is the distance from the upper strap button to the first fret, along the neck. This you could call "standing reach". The other is the distance between the first fret and the middle of the lower curve. This would be "sitting reach".
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