Steel Guitar Builder

Crap. We need Burt.

Scott -- I've got an MSA changer. No center supports and a .50" axle. Have no idea how old it is nor what guitar it came from. Double raise, double lower, if that helps date it.

I'm pretty sure ENCO stocks drill rod if you need. They have always shipped PDQ to me.

Allan and I posted at the same time, but you see what we're on about. Most six-strings (edit: Spanish, not steel) I've ever laid my hands on have a headstock angled back, away from the fingerboard surface, providing the same effect. Since you've already built your body, I think raising your strings ...

Here's a pic I stole from Georgeboards (Hope it's ok George, if not I'll take it down). I measured my Fender Pro Dual Eight and it's about 10mm, but the tuning head is routed into the body, providing a larger angle from the nut to tuners. George's guitar here shows the same: http://www.georgeboards....

I'd say whatever it takes to get good string tension at the bridge and nut, bearing in mind string height relative to the pickup. Since the strings don't need to touch the fingerboard you can, within reason, make it as high as you want.

Jim -- Looks to me that you've already notched the nut and bridge for the string spacing, right? Seems to me that there is not sufficient angle from the tuners to the nut. What I'd do in this situation is use a thinker piece of wood or a wooden shim placed under the nut fixture (mimicked at the brid...

Scott Howard wrote:3/16 is the correct size for both tuning nuts and keyless tuner.

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Bill I looked all over and could not find them. I have another tuner that I have Allen screws in. I will get it dug up and post a picture. Yeah, can do the allen screw route, but I really like those 3/16" high-head bolts that match the size of the changer tuners. One less tool to bring to gigs. Wha...

The keyless design is close to the bela by Larry Cummings. I have had 2 over the years. http://steelguitarbuilder.com/forum/download/file.php?id=237 Keep us posted on your progress. Looks great so far. Scott (or anyone) -- Do you have a source for those bolts used on the bela for tuning and locking...

Scott Howard wrote:Pickup going to Bill .

Scott -- Got this over the weekend. Thanks, that sure was fast!

Haven't opened it up yet. I'll post my inspection/repair attempt.

Thanks again.