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- A jig to file one side of a 6mm brass rod for the nut.
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- On the other side I will file small dents for the strings
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- The nut
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- 2 holes on the flat sides
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- small rods to keep the nut in place on the fingerboard
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- holes on the fingerboard
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- The nut is made of brass and through the small rods it makes a good electrical connection with the grounded fingerboard. This way, the strings that are not pressed stay at a well defined level.
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- A jig to cut the brass pegheads
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- Pegheads will be 20mm
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- Drilling the hole for the strings
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- Filing a slot so you can turn the peghead with a screwdriver
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- A finished peghead. Its bottom is slightly conical and roughened so it will sit quite tightly and will not move unless you use a screwdriver.
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- peg one
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- The saddle is made of hard wood. On this side of the fingerboard the strings have to be electrically isolated from each other.
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- The underside is cut away to leve place for the cabling.
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- Small hole to attach the cables to
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- The saddle is kept into place with two dowels. I will not glue them to the fingerboard so it can easily be removed should this become necessary
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- On the saddle side, the string is held by a small bead.
Tomorrow I’ll stop working on the bass for a moment and we’ll tackle the flight case for the videobass amplifier…
