Well, I have very long fingers; the width isn't a bother at all - that video really doesn't capture the rich booming tone this thing has - it's a freaking cannon!
Yeah, I was sitting 2 feet from the chromebook, and the beast just overdrives the microphone; if I can fins a way to record without destroyng the mic, I'll try again!
Used my new set of feeler gauges and my homemade nut saws to get the action set to a sweet 1/32" at the first fret - freaking buttery smooth - the action up at the 12th is still a little high, but I'm not freaking out at all. This was so much fun to build! As soon as the stickiness from the last coat of oil finish dries, I'll do some final sanding and light finishing and call it good. From the start I looked at #1 as a test:
a) could I build something from a kit
b) would it actually play if/when I finished it
c) would I enjoy wood butchering enough to do another
Answers:
a) yes
b) yes
c) HELL YES
I was the winning bidder on a guitar back and side set of tamarind:
I also have a custom scale length pre-slotted Macassar ebony fingerboard and a GoldTone Zer0glide nut system on the way for Zamites #2, which will be from (mostly) scratch.
I'm hooked.
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