Hi all,
I'm very new to the site (just joined last night) so forgive me if this has all been answered before, BUT: I'm planning a multiscale 8-string build and need some advice. I've built a few 6-string guitars and one bass, and I'm pretty sure I have all the tools I need. I mapped out a fretboard using FretFind with a 27-25 scale, and I made a little guide for my fret saw that I can clamp to the fretboard blank (just a jointed piece of oak with some rare earth magnets glued in flush to the surface -- saw that trick on another forum). But I've seen comments here and there about radius, specifically that frets need to be "twisted" in order to seat properly in a multiscale fretboard. Can anyone elaborate on this? Also, do you radius the board the same way you would a regular scale board (i.e. along the center line)?
I'm also wondering about the bridges. It looks like ABM single string bridges are about the only option, which is fine, but since they're all separate, how do you ground them? I was thinking of running a bare wire underneath with an access hole to the electronics cavity under the e string bridge unit, but I imagine there are better ways to do it.
This is going to be a slow build (I work slowly and have several other projects going) but I'll post pix of anything interesting as I work, and I'll surely have more questions. Thanks in advance for any advice!
I'm very new to the site (just joined last night) so forgive me if this has all been answered before, BUT: I'm planning a multiscale 8-string build and need some advice. I've built a few 6-string guitars and one bass, and I'm pretty sure I have all the tools I need. I mapped out a fretboard using FretFind with a 27-25 scale, and I made a little guide for my fret saw that I can clamp to the fretboard blank (just a jointed piece of oak with some rare earth magnets glued in flush to the surface -- saw that trick on another forum). But I've seen comments here and there about radius, specifically that frets need to be "twisted" in order to seat properly in a multiscale fretboard. Can anyone elaborate on this? Also, do you radius the board the same way you would a regular scale board (i.e. along the center line)?
I'm also wondering about the bridges. It looks like ABM single string bridges are about the only option, which is fine, but since they're all separate, how do you ground them? I was thinking of running a bare wire underneath with an access hole to the electronics cavity under the e string bridge unit, but I imagine there are better ways to do it.
This is going to be a slow build (I work slowly and have several other projects going) but I'll post pix of anything interesting as I work, and I'll surely have more questions. Thanks in advance for any advice!