Guitar 904 – Strung and ready to go into setup
September 16, 2009
904 is ready to go through the final setup. I put on the strings after notching the nut and prepping the bridge. I don’t have the final saddle in place, but that’s part of the final setup tomorrow.
I’ve asked Beth about the pickguard options and whether she wants a strap peg. Below are two possibilities for pickguards: black or tortoise.
I also need to mention that this guitar is a zero fret guitar; which means that there is a fret at the zero position where normally the nut would reside. This (according to lore) gives each string the same sound basis, whether it is open or fretted. Take a close look at the first picture and you will see there is a fret very near the nut. The strings come off the nut and lay on that zero fret. Now I haven’t yet fine tuned the setup, and the saddle is still not rounded, so the sound is not finalized, but I can say it has a real nice bass end and a warm treble, which over time will be even more resonant. I’ll let you know after the final setup how this comes out.
beth on 17 Sep 2009 at 3:21 pm #
you trend setter. i bet it will sound divine!