SV-1 build

[Buchanfarmer]

Now to alter a little bit the backing plate. A little tricky but I do have a press for my Dremmel I got in Germany so I can make a straight cut in the opening for the spring assembly.
There is one thing I have noticed, the nut is not locked yet as I am trying to let the whole thing settle and the wether here is + and -. Plus has been high as 43 inside and cold as -2.3. Yeh cat crawled under the old down sleeping bag I had on top of a blanket over my German summer Doona .
So the guitar has been in and out of heat and humidity stress.

There is one thing I noted as I keep playing it a bit like a Rythm guitar, was that a little energy on the neck changes a lot the clearance on the frets at the last fret before the bridge. Maybe I should check again with my neck gauge level to see if it’s all ok or was the rod not screwed just tight and now it’s loose?
Time will tell.

[FrankenWashie]

Now to alter a little bit the backing plate. A little tricky but I do have a press for my Dremmel I got in Germany so I can make a straight cut in the opening for the spring assembly.
There is one thing I have noticed, the nut is not locked yet as I am trying to let the whole thing settle and the wether here is + and -. Plus has been high as 43 inside and cold as -2.3. Yeh cat crawled under the old down sleeping bag I had on top of a blanket over my German summer Doona .
So the guitar has been in and out of heat and humidity stress.

There is one thing I noted as I keep playing it a bit like a Rythm guitar, was that a little energy on the neck changes a lot the clearance on the frets at the last fret before the bridge. Maybe I should check again with my neck gauge level to see if it’s all ok or was the rod not screwed just tight and now it’s loose?
Time will tell.

I have found a similar thing with mine, some “energetic” play sees things move a fair bit. The stock springs just didn’t cut it and I had to beef them up with a outlet of extras to get some stability on the trem.
The stock nut is rubbish and doesn’t hold squat in terms of locking. I will be upgrading this and adding the retainer bar to sort out the wandering tune it seems to have.


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