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I just ran some math, and a .1mm error at the 24th fret on the high E string results in about a 1 cent pitch error. That's your absolute worse case note, 1st fret low E the error is about .2 cents. ...

Simon you are quite right about 21 frets. I really hope I haven't managed to mess up any of my other measurements by that much..!

Sonic; I've though about building my own CNC a couple of times,...

The baritone neck has 23 frets to the heel, so the bridge isn't as rear shifted as you might think, I think it was around 12-15mm when I worked it out.
But you're also right that I'm planning on...

Yeah, I was a brass player in school and a bass player as an adult, and at some point I ended up being a bass player on a brass instrument! It's a handy trick to have, especially around October and...

You know a month or so back I actually looks at what a cheap laser cutter goes for these days. (Less than I thought, more than I wanted.) Yet I never even thought about getting templates cut!...

Rear route template.

I used the front route template to start.
http://i.imgur.com/XOfiJlal.jpg
Then blocks again to guide the router for expansion. Looks good.
http://i.imgur.com/jMvouO6l.jpg...

Up next, my kit came with a tremolo bridge, which I wasn't expecting. Given my kit was a chimera anyway I checked with Ben from Pitbull, it should have had a hard tail. He immediately sent me out the...

Hi everybody. I'm a (mostly) bass player from Perth playing a trifector of basses (upright, electric, and brass) as well as a little guitar and lap steel. I've built a couple of lap steels, and an...

I've wanted a baritone for a while, hopefully as a way to stay in my lane (bass player) but play softer denser parts when the song calls for it. That's the theory anyway, first I have to build it!
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