MIMF

Enjoyed your tuner test video - am I guessing right that your long term plan is to have lever(s) perpendicular to the body top? Thanks! Yep, that's the plan. I'll probably end up using a thumbscrew to clamp the string. This iteration that relies only on string tension for the clamping pressure is v...

Glad to know I wasn't too far off base, thanks. I have a Gibson Blueshawk whose dummy coil still confuses me. The guitar has 2 single coil pickups, which are rw/rp so they cancel hum in the "both" position. But there's also a dummy coil that cancels hum when either pickup is used alone. I ...

Pickup makers sometimes offer "stacked" pickups as lower-noise alternatives to single coil pickups. I know technically they're humbucking, but since they look like single coils, marketing dictates they should have a different name. I think I get the very basics of how they should work, but...

I emailed NS Design to find out if they sold their headless tuners. Turns out, they do!

This is their store: https://nshardware.bigcartel.com/produc ... idge-tuner ($82 per string)

Beyond my budget at the moment but for now I'll just look at the pretty pictures.

This is supposed to be a testbed for a bunch of ideas I want to try, so I'm using primarily pine. Headless, multi-scale, 8-string, trapezoid/asymmetric neck profile, handmade pickups and tuners. Mostly hand tools. Screen Shot 2024-09-30 at 11.07.17 AM.png Screen Shot 2024-09-30 at 11.07.36 AM.png He...