tonyturley
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I have pre-ordered Graham's new book over here in the US, but I have a question about neck angle on a current project. It's a steel string baritone uke inspired by one of Jay Lichty's products. The back is arched 15 feet, and the top will be arched 25 feet, with the area in front of the sound hole flat.
I'm still trying to wrap my head around how neck angle, bridge height, and saddle height are inter-related. I'm not planning a truss rod for this project, just CF rods for reinforcement. I'm trying to get as low an action as I can without causing buzzing. I purchased the Advanced Ukulele building course with Jay and Robert O'Brien, but Jay's project in that series is a long neck tenor with a flat top. I have plenty of books and videos at my disposal, but I'm having trouble applying the guitar building principles I've been studying to the much smaller baritone.
Any suggestions from the more experienced builders in the crowd? I'm going slow on this project because I don't want to mess it up, but I'm getting very close to where I need to start making some decisions on the neck.
I'm still trying to wrap my head around how neck angle, bridge height, and saddle height are inter-related. I'm not planning a truss rod for this project, just CF rods for reinforcement. I'm trying to get as low an action as I can without causing buzzing. I purchased the Advanced Ukulele building course with Jay and Robert O'Brien, but Jay's project in that series is a long neck tenor with a flat top. I have plenty of books and videos at my disposal, but I'm having trouble applying the guitar building principles I've been studying to the much smaller baritone.
Any suggestions from the more experienced builders in the crowd? I'm going slow on this project because I don't want to mess it up, but I'm getting very close to where I need to start making some decisions on the neck.