cigar box guitar tuning
Friday, May 8th, 2009
How do you get the frets right on a cigar box guitar? Mine is not intonated very well.?
How do you get the frets right on a cigar box guitar? Mine is not intonated very well.?
I used the 24.5 inch diagram off of cigarboxguitars.com and printed it out then affixed it to the neck that I made but the sound is not in tune. Is there an easier way to put frets on cigar box guitars so I can actually get the frets intonated right so that you can play chords on it…
Thanks
JRW
Measure the distance from the bottom of the nut to the 12th fret.
Add 3/16″
This distance should equal the distance from 12th fret to bridge saddle. If it doesn’t then you’ll have to move the saddle and/or bridge.
A Cigar Box Guitar Builder’s Guide to Stringing and Tuning / Bottleneck Slide Blues / Open Tuning
