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Doug demonstrating how to intonate the guitar.
Doug demonstrating how to intonate the guitar.
This process was tricky looking for the demonstration because everything is so small and hard to see.
Myself working on intonation.
Myself working on intonation.
Once I got my hands on all the measuring equipment I saw that it was just like reading a ruler and pretty easy to read. Getting it perfect was another story.
Guitar is fully in tone and ready to play.
Guitar is fully in tone and ready to play.
Finally got the guitar in tone and ready to play.
The intonation process was a completely new process for me based on the fact I have never played the guitar and definitely never build a guitar. The process at first sounded and seemed a little back and forth to get the strings and string nut perfectly in place, then it was the same for the strings on the back by the bridge gave me some issues as well but I think they were easier to get down or up. I can see this being a set that students struggle with and want to give up so I just will have to make sure they don't because its so close to the end. The whole process probably took a hour or two from start to finish.
Demonstration on how to put the string trees in place. This allows the smaller strings to have a angle down so they lock into the string nut.
Finished picture of my string nuts attached where they should be. This picture shows you the shark design that I will be getting painted soon after I get home.
After I got home I laid the guitar down in some better lighting and took a final picture! LOOK at how nice it turned out. I am beyond excited with how it turned out. This was such an amazing experience and I can not wait to how my students take to this project!
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