+1 for the Brass , put a brass one on my tele and oooooohhhhh sustain baby
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+1 for the Brass , put a brass one on my tele and oooooohhhhh sustain baby
Hey Lozza, to stop the spill/bleed you could paint tape up the sides but that was too much work so I just was careful ragging the spalt stain on. I made it easier choosing a darker colour for the sides/back in case any did spill, but best thing to do is have a clean rag dipped in turps ready to wipe away any runs from the spalt that go down the sides, you usually have at least 5 seconds to wipe it off. I always did the spalt top before the sides/back so the sides were dry and easy to wipe off spills. Practice doing headstocks and necks different colours helps ! Might help to use a fairly small rag on the edges to limit the spills.Quote:
/<\\/p>[/<\\/p>[]<\\/p>/]<\\/p>/Quote from lawry on January 16, 2014, 17:40
A question for you... How did you do your spalt without getting any spill/bleed onto the sides?
Thanks for putting up photos of the pre-amp pot layout, mine should arrive when you are away so I hope to get closer to finishing my IB-6S possibly end of this month but I won't rush it.
Thanks Wokka. Really want this to be a classy axe so I'm going to ask a lot of inane questions in order to make this happen. Watch this space, there are more to come.
Coming along very nicely Lawry
Got a further query about the nut.
I can understand that brass/bone/Tusq/etc. are probably better than the basic plastic for transmitting the vibrations through to the neck, but surely that would only apply to an open string. Once the string is fretted (or fingerboarded in this case) the nut plays no part in the loop. Given that a fretless is less likely to sustain anyway (because of the damping effect of the finger) is it really worth upgrading the nut on this guitar?
On first thought I had to agree about it only affecting sustain on the open strings. But you got me thinking.Quote:
/<\\/p>[]<\\/p>/Quote from lawry on January 19, 2014, 09:33
Got a further query about the nut.
I can understand that brass/bone/Tusq/etc. are probably better than the basic plastic for transmitting the vibrations through to the neck, but surely that would only apply to an open string. Once the string is fretted (or fingerboarded in this case) the nut plays no part in the loop. Given that a fretless is less likely to sustain anyway (because if the damping effect of the finger) is it really worth upgrading the nut on this guitar?
The way I see it is this. When you pluck a string the vibration has to dissipate somewhere eventually. When you fret a string with your finger, most the energy would dissipate into you finger and the bridge. Though a certain amount of that energy would still travel the entire length of the string, as I see it.
So any energy that does make it to the nut would still be effected by the nut material
It probably doesn't make a huge difference when not playing open strings, but all string contact points are vital piece's when searching for sustain and TONE.
Does that make sense to anyone else. It did In my head.
Hey Dan. I appreciate your reply and I think I can see what you're saying. But the pups are only interested in the bit of string vibrating above them, and if the nut is out of the loop (because there is a finger on the board) then the tone of the string can't be influenced by the nut. Well, that's how I see it.
Actually, this thread may be getting just a bit academic because I'm thinking of putting on a brass nut purely because I think it will look cool!
Yeah we don't want to start a Tone war.lol.
Now you got me thinking again though.
Probably only aesthetic for a bass guitar since the brass / bone/ Tusq nut will only produce an advantage on open strings. I typically use brass on my electrics where the bridge is also metal. I will use bone or Tusq on acoustics because the saddle is also bone or Tusq, and since there are going to be open strings on your standard chords it makes sense. Not so much on a bass, but then I'd get rid of plastic nuts simply because they wont ring or sustain as well as the other three options!
@Dan. Tone Wars. LOL. Love it. Battle of the axes.
@Gav. Thanks very much for your post. The way you have stated things makes lots of sense (not surprisingly). I'm thinking that a brass nut is the way to go from a quality perspective so I reckon I'll go that way. Plus, as mentioned, I reckon it'll look cool. And in the end, that's what's really important! 8-)