They’re brave - letting students loose with an angle grinder on a course build!

@tv101, if you have a CNC machine, then fair enough.Crimson use theirs for their production line models, it's the one offs and student builds that use the angle grinder method. They're not unique in d...

Angle grinder! (seriously) Hmmmmm @jonhodgson - I think I'll try working with the CNC machine first! Though I can imagine it being the sort of approach that Crimson would use. Not criticising them a...

@boo You can get ones with holes in them which when they spin makes the disk almost transparent so you can see what you're doing. I haven't tried them myself yet, but I met a guy who'd used them on a ...

@boo The multiscale side of things you wouldn't even notice after a few minutes of playing, they really feel that natural. As for the extra strings, that's a bit more involved (I've not done it myself...

@boo I think the hundreds of thousands you have to pay to get a license to use Vanta Black (not to mention that it has some very special application method) probably makes how hard wearing it is rathe...

Now you just need a license to paint it in Vantablack

I know you’re going to paint it @boo but I was thinking that the mismatch of the grain on the headstock would seep through... but I guess that you know what you’re doing, right? 🤷🏼...

Then you have the Distortocaster, where they're used for a completely Attachment : distortocaster.jpg different reason, with a few extra visual cues they make the neck look like it's drooping....

@boo there are several reasons for fanned frets (also known as multiscale or compound scale). They vary between tonal and ergonomic. Tonally, scale length makes a difference, given the same gauges of ...

What is the reason for it? Good question!! I think the idea is that the bass response can be enhanced whilst retaining nice crisp trebles. Also, it looks cool and expensive!!

Having now watched the video I have to agree with @darrenking, in practice this would be an awful system to use, because errors will happen at every step. As an illustration of how the numbers relate ...

no allowance is made for this with standard parallel fret positions. @darrenking There's no allowance to make in that case. draw out a rectangular representing a neck (from bridge to nut) with parall...

that you have to include the string angle into your calculations I think that the differences caused by small variations in nut/fretboard/bridge widths aren’t going to matter. I mean, no allowance is...

I'm going to have to draw it out, but it seems to me that an issue with fan frets may be that you have to include the string angle into your calculations, at least for the outside ones (the ones in be...

as it angles the fretboard rather than the saw Yup, definitely the most sensible and easiest way to go. I’ve had an idea on how to adjust for the different ‘square fret’ but I need to draw it before ...

@darrenking You're correct that there is no standard for which is the right angle fret. Strandberg seem to make it the zero fret, but they don't have a big difference in scales (just 1/2 inch between ...

I’ve just watched this video and I’m sorry, but there is no way that this method would be anywhere near as accurate as simply measuring each fret position from the nut. Every time he measures the next...

A universal, adjustable fan fret jig is almost impossible. There are just sooooo many variables not least of which is deciding the fret that is square to the centreline of the fret board. This affects...

I know of the others, just thought it was interesting