Barnseys ES1TL

[Adam Barnes]

looks great Adam, first time I've seen the mock build. Would have like to see the headstock shaped. Are they your toy cars on the table ? haha

Thanks wokka those matchbox cars are great fun to play with, i prefer the three either side headstock but it had a 6 in line so i just trimmed it down, not very admaginative but i dont like the big curved end on fenders. The rest is looking good, the diamond f holes and inlays are what i like about the guitar so i can put up with the head stock being a bit plane

[Adam Barnes]

i got sick of waiting for the rain and humidity to go away to do the final coat, so i decided to glue the neck in and fit the tuning pegs, bridge and pickups, ran fishing line on the 2 e strings and all lined up good, i had 313 mm nut to crown 12th fret and 314 to the bridge on the small e string. Hopefully ive got it right ? The wife wasnt too happy about me using the dining table as a work bench

[wokkaboy]

Hey Adam, looks good. Your measurements are they from the crown of the 12th fret to the saddles and are the saddles wound all the way forward ? a G type scale is 24.75" = 628mm so 12th fret to high E saddle should be about half that ->314mm. The low E string will need to be further back to make up for the string thickness so it will end up being about 317-318mm, will the low E string saddle move that far back ?
Also just double check front side of nut (FB site) to 12th fret crown is about 313/314mm

[Adam Barnes]

Hey Adam, looks good. Your measurements are they from the crown of the 12th fret to the saddles and are the saddles wound all the way forward ? a G type scale is 24.75" = 628mm so 12th fret to high E saddle should be about half that ->314mm. The low E string will need to be further back to make up for the string thickness so it will end up being about 317-318mm, will the low E string saddle move that far back ?
Also just double check front side of nut (FB site) to 12th fret crown is about 313/314mm

ive got 313 from face of nut to crown then 314 crown to bridge high e and 319 crown to bridge low e there's still a bit of movement both ways

[wokkaboy]

cool that should be fine to intonate Adam

[Adam Barnes]

cool that should be fine to intonate Adam

Thanks wokka ive been worried since i did it that i had it wrong

[Dedman]

I really like how this is going to end up, something really different. Well done Adam!

[Adam Barnes]

to wet for work today so took the cramp of and put the to e strings on at a very light tension i think ive fluked it the gaps from strings to edge look the same both are 4mm at neck joint. The bridge probably needs to come up little bit. so far all good

[FrankenWashie]

really nice work mate, love the look of this guitar.

[stan]

Such a great build - love the look with the natural sides