Blues Creek 000 Martin Build from non-guitarist

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Re: Blues Creek 000 Martin Build from non-guitarist

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saddle is backwards
bass in on treble and treble on bass
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Clearly on backwards in that shot.
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Re: Blues Creek 000 Martin Build from non-guitarist

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On my first classical guitar, I played not built, I put the nut in flipped after I changed the strings, talk about intonation problems. I had them in first position. Everything was sharp except the open note.
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great end result
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Now flipped. On fresh strings there was no measurable difference but at least it now looks correct to those that know! Maybe this will help somebody else down the road.
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stevemac00 wrote:Now flipped. On fresh strings there was no measurable difference but at least it now looks correct to those that know! Maybe this will help somebody else down the road.
Saddle-flipped.jpg
Looks like you flipped the whole bridge :)
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