nikolaihall
New Member
So a buddy of mine just got home from school and has a well equipped woodworking shop available to him. So of course, I have gotten it into my head that we are going to build a guitar. For the most part I'm pretty set on what I am wanting in a guitar ( I've listed the specs below) but I wanted to get some input on a couple of things. I've gotten permission from Ola Strandberg to use his designs when building the guitar and any modifications I make will be open for use by others.
Specs
8 string
Fanned fretboard
Headless construction
Strandberg tuners/bridge and string locks
Strandberg Endurneck profile (after required license purchase)
Bound ebony fretboard
5 piece wenge/bubinga neck
Bolt on construction
Zero fret
Stainless steel frets
Chambered 3 piece alder body
Figured redwood top
Lace X-bar pickups
1 volume, 1 tone, 3 way selector and push/pull pots to split each pickup
My questions are
-in your experience, where is the best place to have the perpendicular fret on a multi scale 8 string?
-Regarding pickup placement, do you feel they should be slanted, follow the fan of the frets or be installed normally?
-what string spacing would you suggest at the nut/bridge? I was going to do 7mm at the nut and 10mm at the bridge but I'm open to suggestions.
-I would like to have a low B and a high A on this guitar, I was thinking about doing a 25-27 inch multi scale for this as I really like the 27 inch scale low B on my Ibanez. Would the 25 inch scale be short enough to do a high A with an 8 as the high string? This is really my main question, I can't think of any way to "test" this without just building it so any input would be welcome
Thanks ahead of time for your help! I'll make sure to post pics as the build progresses![Headbang :hbang: :hbang:](http://www.sevenstring.org/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/hbang2.gif)
Specs
8 string
Fanned fretboard
Headless construction
Strandberg tuners/bridge and string locks
Strandberg Endurneck profile (after required license purchase)
Bound ebony fretboard
5 piece wenge/bubinga neck
Bolt on construction
Zero fret
Stainless steel frets
Chambered 3 piece alder body
Figured redwood top
Lace X-bar pickups
1 volume, 1 tone, 3 way selector and push/pull pots to split each pickup
My questions are
-in your experience, where is the best place to have the perpendicular fret on a multi scale 8 string?
-Regarding pickup placement, do you feel they should be slanted, follow the fan of the frets or be installed normally?
-what string spacing would you suggest at the nut/bridge? I was going to do 7mm at the nut and 10mm at the bridge but I'm open to suggestions.
-I would like to have a low B and a high A on this guitar, I was thinking about doing a 25-27 inch multi scale for this as I really like the 27 inch scale low B on my Ibanez. Would the 25 inch scale be short enough to do a high A with an 8 as the high string? This is really my main question, I can't think of any way to "test" this without just building it so any input would be welcome
Thanks ahead of time for your help! I'll make sure to post pics as the build progresses
![Headbang :hbang: :hbang:](http://www.sevenstring.org/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/hbang2.gif)