That's not a mistake, Jay... it's an ergonomically improved fret board design!!!
Long
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| Author: | ecklesweb [ Mon Apr 16, 2007 12:47 am ] |
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Assume for the moment, and OF COURSE this is a "hypothetical" moment, that you have a mandolin you're building and you may have, by whatever means, ended up with the frets not *exactly* perpendicular to the centerline. Assume they're off by whatever angle you consider to be minimally significant. Ignoring for the moment whether the nut is parallel to the frets, is recovering from this a matter of setting the bridge at the same slight angle relative to the centerline (or better, aligning it to the angle required to get the intonation correct)? Thank you for your thoughts on this <cough>hypothetical</cough> situation. |
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| Author: | Pwoolson [ Mon Apr 16, 2007 12:55 am ] |
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Jay, I knew a guy once that did something similar (of course this isn't me, it's a guy I knew). It's a pretty straightforward fix. You'll need to measure very carefully from the first fret back to the place the nut should be. You'll be cutting the end of the fingerboard off at an angle similar to that of the frets. Then the bridge will just sit crooked as you stated. Now you've just made a fanned fret mando, sort of. |
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| Author: | Bob Long [ Mon Apr 16, 2007 7:19 am ] |
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That's not a mistake, Jay... it's an ergonomically improved fret board design!!!
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| Author: | L. Presnall [ Mon Apr 16, 2007 7:44 am ] |
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Jay, be sure to charge an extra $100 for the mando now! 
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