The tail piece parlour bail

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DarwinStrings
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Re: The tail piece parlour bail

Post by DarwinStrings » Sat Jun 15, 2013 2:58 pm

I guess some specks would be handy.

scale 25.5 inch
48mm neck at nut and 40mm from E to E, 57mm E to E at bridge.
Mirotone pre-cat 3220 and the neck is oil.
African mahogany b&s as well as neck (the local garden weed)
EIRW all the dark bits
NT ironwood binding and fret board.
Sitka
Tornavos is Nutrigrain box and EIRW rim
Nut and saddle is corian equivalent from Laminex Industries.
So far set up is 2.9mm at the 12th for low E and 2.1mm high E with a flat neck.
Strings are 12's

Jim
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Re: The tail piece parlour bail

Post by auscab » Mon Jun 17, 2013 5:54 pm

It's a Nice slick sharp looking guitar Jim.

Where do the metal brackets for the neck join come from? and are they made just for guitars or are they made for something else ?
And what type of tool turns the truss rod under that tiny cover?

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Re: The tail piece parlour bail

Post by DarwinStrings » Mon Jun 17, 2013 6:12 pm

Thanks Rob, I made the brackets and gun blued them myself, just cut that bottom one out of a bit of 100 x 40 x 3mm wall RHS. There is enough space to get a Allen key to turn about 1/6 of a rotation at a time once you take that jelly bean cover off.

Jim

P.S. I will post some better pics in the Gallery soon.
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