The StewMac nut kit contains a 0.010" Gauged Saw which will allow you to accurately start your string slots and will pretty much be all you need for your 0.09-0.010" strings.
The StewMac nut kit contains a 0.010" Gauged Saw which will allow you to accurately start your string slots and will pretty much be all you need for your 0.09-0.010" strings.
Scott.
Scott is correct, i have an .010" which I use for my Pit Bull Strings which are .009" from memory. You actually DON'T wan't to go a few thousands of an inch too big otherwise your string could rattle in the nut slot. If you want to change your string size to a thinner gauge then ideally all you do is redo the nut!
Gavmeister
I'll see if I can make do with the supplied files, if I have to I'll organize some more gauged files from Stewmac. It strikes me as a little weird that they don't supply files for common gauge strings like 16 or 46.
Some new toys... er, tools arrived today.
I'm going to butcher... er, setup a guitar tomorrow as a practice run, probably one of my less played guitars like my epiphone les paul junior, or a 70's japanese SG copy I have lying around. I've decided to leave the pics of the V till the finished product, partially because I'm already up to the second top coat, partially because of laziness and because of the knowledge that there's a tl-1 on it's way. (extremely distracting)
The next order is already sorted (Bottom Pic), with many important toys tools that I desperately want need.
Great start!
Check out the Katana fret level tools at www.rectifymaster.com
Great tools at a great price!
There is always a workaround for glitches, mistakes and other Guitar building gremlins.....
Just had a look at that db, does it require you to have the neck straight before the level?
the diagrams seem to suggest that the neck need not be straight for it to be leveled.
It's designed to allow you to set the neck to the relief you want under string tension, and then an adjuster on the Katana allows it to be matched to the neck's curve. Basically, small brass wedges sit on the fretboard so that you can match the Katana with the curve, then you remove the wedges and level the frets to match the curve. And, it appears to have the DB stamp of approval.
Scott.
It has my stamp of approval as well! Mainly because DB won't stop raving about it so I felt obliged to add it to my toys....and because I can't stand it when DB has better toys than me!
The Katana has to be the best new toy on the market!
The better the fret set up is at the beginning, the easier it is to get a fast result.
On Pit Bull necks, I press all of the frets before I begin working on the Guitar.
This ensures that they are all evenly seated, takes a lot of work out of the equation later.
For those of us without a fret press, you can firmly tap the frets in with a hard plastic faced hammer.
Remember to support the neck though, other wise the whole thing will just bounce back at you or worse, you may crack the neck
There is always a workaround for glitches, mistakes and other Guitar building gremlins.....
DB, at a pinch, would a small Dolly Hammer against a small piece of wood be suitable?
rob
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