Some Tips on Fret placements....

- stringed instruments -

Howdy, all! ^_^

When building a guitar, or even in repairing or improving one, be absolutely certain that you place each and every fret exactly parallel to eachother, and to the nut and bridge. To do any less creates and invariably out-of-tune situation.

For example, one day, I found a rather inexpensive, tiny acoustic guitar. Seeing the price, quickly eyeing it over, and strumming it once for sound, I snatch it right up and took it home.

Once I arrived home, I realized that I didn't bother to check it for tuning, so I tried it out.... it was a disaster. Upon closer inspection, I realized that the frets were slightly slanted in relation to the rest of the guitar, resulting in it being way out of tune.

Now, the frets were parallel to eachother, and perfectly so.... but they were not parallel to the nut and bridge. So, what was the answer? It was all a matter of realigning the nut and bridge to match the frets.

So, as long as all your frets are parallel to eachother, and to the nut and the bridge, your strings should be able to stay well in tune.

That's all for today's post - see you all tomorrow! ^_^

- stringed instruments -