Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum

Allen,

What impact do you think the CF rods play in helping prevent back bow? Is your experience the same in necks and FB without CF rods?

Thanks,
Dan

Nick, Hesh, and Allen, many thanks for your responses to my question. Allen, in your experience when you glue the FB to the neck, does the back bow disappear or is it still present? Hesh, I am an admirer of Mario's methods so I always pay attention when his name is mentioned. That's an intriguing id...

For those of you who are fretting prior to attaching the FB to the neck, does this introduce any bow into the FB or does it remain flat?

Thanks.
Dan

Wow, you guys have been busy since I last checked in :D Thank you all very much for all of the information. Hesh, I completely see your point about trying out more complex techniques while still a novice. I admit, I had already considered the issue of the tilt creating a situation where saddle heigh...

My question, though, is do you really need a wide saddle to get intonation right? I find a 1/8" saddle at the right slant works fine for me. Yeah, I had already started to think that this was a case of "too much sugar for a dime." I am thinking that what I'll do is go with a 1/8" saddle with a back...

Rick, Thanks for weighing in here. I posted this also on OLF and a couple of guys have said that they rout a channel along the front edge of the bottom of the saddle slightly shallower than the thickness of the pickup and have had good results. Any thoughts on this? Allen, Thanks for the welcome and...

You are viewing a re-constructed thread by the ANZLF recovery team. For more information click here . " Originally Posted on:"Sat Nov 21, 2009" " I have been thinking of moving to a 3/16" saddle with a back-tilt and wondered what effect if any it would have when using a UST pickup, since most trans...