Thanks Awen, very straight forward and clear lesson, really helpfull for partscaster diy guys. BTW, can you make a vid regarding string tension setting ? Have a nice day Sir.

Awesome explanation

thanks

What are vintage 5150 frets any help will be much appreciated.

Simple easy explanation. Now it’s so clear to understand thanks!

I've been wondering about this for ages. Great info, thanks!

Thank you, I'm just at the bridge stage of restoring a brutalised old Cimar jazz bass. Just had to do it but challenging with my rudimentary knowledge. I could wax lyrically but suffice to say it is somewhat of an epiphany to find sites like yours.

Loved this. Exactly what I needed.

Any recommendations on fret wire for my Lowden f35

i found that lately i very often get offered a tea or snacks or something comfy to eat by random youtubers and i never get something!

Do you have a video on intonation?

Is it the same printable for a telecaster 3 saddle ?

The string wear with stainless seems a bit bogus to me because if the strings slide on smooth stainless more easily i.e. less roughness of friction then surely this should not result in lots more wear despite stainless being harder.

Great video. Btw the way I love the guitar on the wall.

I have one question, when you say the”12th fret “ do you mean the actual front edge of the fret itself? Middle of it? The far side of it? I’ve also read it could mean the middle of the space between the 12th and 13th frets (themselves where the dot typically is).

Thank you, Sir. Good and useful advice.

Schecter Guitar Research engineers should mandatory watch this video before making their guitars

Great words of wisdom.

Thank you a lot man !❤

I've been placing guitar bridges for a long time using different specifics or reasoning as to exactly where I would land the bridge. Always had enough saddle adjustability to successfully intonate the instruments. But I think I like your extended high string saddle to scale length placement better. I agree with your point about intonation and the saddle going away from the headstock too. Thank You Sean for a different perspective or approach on bridge placement

Awesome tip! I tried this method in place of sanding before staining a fretboard. I got better results versus sanding, and it saved a ton of time! Thank you for the video!

Thank you first video showing bridge setup fixing in clear English!

Those pickup covers, where do you get them?

What brand is that tremolo bridge?

Very good explanation, thank you. Still wondering if this applies to multiscale bridges... 8 string.

Always interesting to here what others use. Personally, I'm finding a no3/no4 is not so great for scarf joints; I prefer a 4 1/2 and 5 1/4(Millers Falls no 10 and 11 in my case). 4 1/2 gives more width and the 5 1/4 gives more length in a very compact size making it easy to control. For shooting board, I think a no 6 is excellent and for acoustic tops I like a Stanley A6 specifically. Denser woods are better with the standard no 6. Squirrel Tail plans, both flat and curved are useful and I like the Stanley 9 1/2 block plane. Not a fan of low angle planes. Cool that every can get good results with tools that they relate to, no right or wrong ways of making guitars!

You really do make it sound so much harder than it is. and as for shims pushing frets out on older instruments......never in your life. Good to see a bloke doing his own necks though. So many people posing as builders now is nuts.

Brilliant! A very comprehensive lesson. You've helped me so much thanks.

Thank you from Sweden. 👍

Nickel/Silver- Jescar 58118 or Dunlop 6000

Does the PRS-CS24 have an angled neck? What's the angle?

If you're getting premade neck shims, you can measure the distance from the front of the neck pocket to the bridge saddles, plug that figure along with the desired increase in bridge saddle height into an online triangle calculator to give you an angle for the shim.

Could you go into more details about how to plan out the faceted carve on the neck?

I am poised on the edge of jumping into the expense and time of doing a proper level, crown dress and polish on my guitar. This video was very helpful - it definitely goes beyond what I have seen on the Crimson Guitars website - which seems to be the main online Luthier site here in the UK. Great job - thanks very much for taking the time to do this

Thanks! Just reviewing for my second build. Thank you for helping to teach me to build.

What a lovely video, by a truly lovely bloke… thanks Shaun 👍🏼🎸

I advise those who have heavy fingers to use 6130 stainless steel frets. 6130 frets avoid accuracy problems, and stainless steel avoids premature wear of the frets which also produces tuning issues to a lesser extent.

Great tutorial thanks.

phenomenal video, crazy how this made my feed

The SS 6105 frets on my K-Line tele are great. Easy and accurate.

You've cleared s much up for me!! Thank you soo much.

And I thought I knew all about intonation🤣 The more I learn the less I know. I solved my tune-o-matic problems by using Nashville bridges, which has a wider setting range than a standard ABR-1 bridge. Nice grain on the guitar. Is that swamp ash (my favourite)? Thanks for the really useful and well presented info. I will definitely check out the rest of your stuff 𝄢🎶

There is one aspect I'd like to see addressed that NO ONE talks about. First I'll say, I'm a fan of SS simply because I have to see shady luthiers much less frequently if at all. But the only thing I DON'T like is they never get ANY flat spot on them, that flat spot you get when a well broken in guitar has the BEST tone. That contact point is so important. And yes, I know the intonation isn't perfect. But I've played on pointy frets with great intonation but felt like SHT. That flat spot needs to be engineered into the scale and understood from a tone aspect. SS doesn't give the best tone, not because of the material, but because they never get that broken in contact point. Would love a response and a respectful conversation about it. I know this is not an unknown subject, because Gibson used to put flat crowns on their guitars. My 99 SG Std. had them, until I eventually needed work on it. Totally changed the tone and feel.

I own the fairly recent Fender CD-60SCE acoustic guitar from 2019 and it has 43080 type frets, which for me seem "small" and not exactly comfortable.

There’s no “th” in height. Rhythms with “right”. 😃

Brilliant! Thanks for the education!

Excellent. Finally an explanation of why a guitar might need neck angle and a method for measuring that. Thank you!

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I was under the impression Licenced Strat Necks have a slight upward pitch and the neck pocket has a slight downward pitch

Absolutely brilliant! You described all the concepts of neck angles fully and explained the options and how to decide which option you need to choose. It's everything I wanted to know for building my first electric guitar. Thank you!