The Best Kept Secret of BETTER GUITAR TUNING
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- Опубліковано 25 сер 2024
- The nut is a small part of the guitar but really important.
I’m heavily inspired by Novo guitars by Dennis Fano - and my building philosophy is - not to reinvent the wheel- but rather try to learn from the greats.
I’m a guitar building beginner and I have been following The Great Guitar Build Off competition 2020. I learned a lot from the competitors and that inspired me greatly to build a guitar myself.
I built my first guitar under lockdown last summer 2020 and guitar building kind of hooked me.
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I have bought a neck from GuitarAnatomy.com and the body is built of old pine wood floor boards from a house built in 1808.
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For more ‘in depth’ 😉 test on NUTS check this video:
How to Drastically Improve Your Guitar - The Big Nut Test
ua-cam.com/video/S7NAQ8a192Q/v-deo.html
Thanks for Watching 😃👍
The helper cat 😍
😂… Thanks for watching 😃🙏🏻
Did you thought of a compensated nut? There are done good videos on YT that show the benefits. I made myself one out of brass for a LP type black beauty that needed it much. For the amount of compensation I for each string I cut a thin piece of plastic to shove it right near the nut under the strings, and cut it back for each string till the intonation was spot on on the first 5-6 frets.
Oh… I have no experience with compensated nut. Might be worth looking into 👍😃
Thanks 😊🙏🏻
There is a trick if you cut the nut too deep (best not to, but it happens) use superglue and baking soda. Refill the nut slot and cut again. It's a pain, but better than redoing the entire nut.
Thanks Marco, I have heard of it but never tried it.😉
Great tip though … Thanks for sharing 😃🙏🏻
You are amazing! Great vids!
Thanks so much Alex. 😃🙏🏻
Glad you enjoyed the video 👍🏼😉
There's a reason I intonate my guitars at the third fret , with the nut slots at the right depth... 😎
Interesting approach 😃👍 especially if you play a lot of open chords
Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to comment 🙏🏻
Well explained
Thanks so much Jürgen. Thanks for your always encouraging comments about 😃👍
If you do cut too deep? You can fix it with a little baking powder and super glue! And cut again after it drys! Thanks
Yes I have seen videos about that but never tried it. That might be a plan B if plan A of not cutting too deep fails 😜
Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to comment
@Michael Lagerstedt I myself use Durhams rock hard water putty and super glue! Gets hard as bone and matches well! Thanks
Do you have any guitar with a zero fret? I believe this design avoids any nut issue, and I wonder why we don't see it more often 🤔
Hi Glaude. I don’t know about that 😮
But Thanks for mentioning it 😃👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
I have one and I wish more guitars had zero frets. I also put the gauges right against the nut when I deepen it, that way I can't go any lower than whatever gauge I use.
Zero frets also change the sound of open chords. It just sounds like everything is fretted. That can be good but also a little bit irritating. For my irish bouzuki, which has a zero fret, its great.
@@PamelaContiGlass I have to check that out 👍😃
Hey Michael, where did you find the drilling template for the vintage tuning machine heads? I’m going vintage on a custom build and want to make sure I get the spacing right?
Oh sorry - can’t help you there. I bought a half finished neck from Guitaranatomy.com and the holes were already drilled .
But respect to you for doing it all yourself 😃👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼.
Thanks so much for watching 😃🙏🏻
Oh sorry - can’t help you there. I bought a half finished neck from Guitaranatomy.com and the holes were already drilled .
But respect to you for doing it all yourself 😃👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼.
Thanks so much for watching 😃🙏🏻
So its .010" @ the 1st fret while fretting the 3rd fret am i understanding tht correctly?
Thx
Exactly right 😉👍
Please check my in depth video on the nut:
ua-cam.com/video/S7NAQ8a192Q/v-deo.htmlsi=SoBTnJDeySWwYaSv
Thanks so much for watching 🙏🏻😃
The real secret to stable tuning is to buy a guitar that requires no truss rod input to remain playable. If the neck is built right, the truss rod should end up neutral (no load) when the strings are in tune.
Thanks for great input Tim, and thanks for watching 😉👍🙏🏻
Great video but please don’t let your cat inhale that fine dust.
Thanks Josias, and good point 😮👍.
Thanks for watching 🙏🏻