TLA-1 First Build

[McCreed]

Oooooh, shiiiny!!!! Looking good

With absence of string holes, I'm presuming that you're going with a top-load bridge, yes?

One problem I encountered with the top-load on my TLA-1, was that to get the D/G saddle back far enough to where it needed to be for proper intonation, the wrapped part of the string (coming off the "ball") made contact with the barrel. Not desirable for optimum string vibration and resonance.

There are a couple of "cheats" to counter this, but I ended up converting mine to a 6 saddle string-through. More work, but it was worth the effort to me.

You may be fine with yours, but I just thought I'd mention it as something to look out for.

[FCD]

Thanks for the heads up. I didn’t want to try a string through for my first build. As I am not really that handy I thought I would try and limit my learning curve.

If I experience the same issues I may do a conversion to string through in the further.