Adjustable lower springs

[Scott Howard]

I have been more of a modifier of existing guitars but have been collecting parts to build one of my own.
I have been faced with addind adjustable lower springs several times on guitars that originally did not have them. I came up with a easy solution and have used them on a double neck and a single neck with very good results.
I buy brass 6-32 wing nuts and trim one ear down a bit and remove the other completely . By turning them around backwards to the normal way it gives you a neat little hook for the spring and the screw goes right up the middle. Here is a link to a thread with a pic at the bottom of the page and a bracket that I made in a hurry and redid later.

http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=167705

Not sure how to just post the picture yet.

[Allan]

Scott, that spring mounting system is excellent. I am working (slowly) on a hobby guitar. I have been wondering how to do just that task and you have solved it for me in a single go. Neat as can be. Thanks for the info.

Regards, Allan.....

[Pat Comeau]

Here's the picture of the spring and wing nut he's talking about...

Richard
Here is how I make the adjustable lower springs. The bracket was made before I got my tranfer screws and has a extra hole but you get the idea .
I use spring # 65 in the local Ace hardware spring bin . It is a 9/32 and .041 for size and long enough to make 4 springs. I make the adjusters out of 6-32 brass wing nuts. Trim one ear and remove the other. The screw goes right up the middle of the spring . All available at the local hardware and in my price range.