Kirby,
Those string spacings are about what I used - I am probably nearer 12mm at the saddle. The saddle spacings are determined by how you play - it is more like a fingerstyle guitar and if you play with fingerpicks you need space for these too. The nut spacing needs to be enough for you to cleanly use the slide bar (whichever type you use) to fret both individual string notes and across the strings. You need enough room for the individual notes but not too wide that the bar won't fit across them all.
String height off the fretboard is around 9.5mm.
The bridge is like any other bridge in terms of the design priciples except for a couple of things:
- you need it tall enough to give you 9.5mm action along the fretboard but still with saddle height as you would aim for on a steel string
- the saddle has no compensation and is set at scale length across the entire length
I decided that I wanted a normal thickness fretboard on the Weiss to add some strength and stiffness in the neck area, but you can go with lower thickness if it helps your bridge height. The fretboard doesn't need frets just inlay markeres. I ended up with a modified version of my normal bridge but slightly taller:
I look forward to seeing progress pics.
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Dave White
De Faoite Stringed Instruments". . . the one thing a machine just can't do is give you character and personalities and sometimes that comes with flaws, but it always comes with humanity" Monty Don talking about hand weaving, "Mastercrafts", Weaving, BBC March 2010
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