wow, facing the body, hmm. well, i suppose (no harm meant here) when your guitar is as well played as your no. 1, its not so big a deal. i don't have a bigsby on my guild, & its poly, so i wouldn't hesitate to do your method if i needed to. i actually apply the sandpaper to the body, mostly because i know i'm not going to change string gauges & its easily removed if need be.
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Guild x 160
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wow, facing the body, hmm. well, i suppose (no harm meant here) when your guitar is as well played as your no. 1, its not so big a deal. i don't have a bigsby on my guild, & its poly, so i wouldn't hesitate to do your method if i needed to. i actually apply the sandpaper to the body, mostly because i know i'm not going to change string gauges & its easily removed if need be.
Thank you all for your feedback. I use 10-52 string gauge and i think there are two minor problem areas i have to fix on my X160:
First, as mentioned before, the nut. The g-string seems to be too heavy, and i will try to work on the nut carvings.
Secondly, my compensated Bigsby Bridge came with the carvings for the strings already done (it's a used guitar after all) an maybe the former owner didn't use tis heavy string gauge, so i have to work on the bridge too. Another option would be to find a non carved and see what's happening, but as Hans points out on his webpage, this parts are hard to find.
First, as mentioned before, the nut. The g-string seems to be too heavy, and i will try to work on the nut carvings.
Secondly, my compensated Bigsby Bridge came with the carvings for the strings already done (it's a used guitar after all) an maybe the former owner didn't use tis heavy string gauge, so i have to work on the bridge too. Another option would be to find a non carved and see what's happening, but as Hans points out on his webpage, this parts are hard to find.
Thank you all for your feedback. I use 10-52 string gauge and i think there are two minor problem areas i have to fix on my X160:
First, as mentioned before, the nut. The g-string seems to be too heavy, and i will try to work on the nut carvings.
Secondly, my compensated Bigsby Bridge came with the carvings for the strings already done (it's a used guitar after all) an maybe the former owner didn't use tis heavy string gauge, so i have to work on the bridge too. Another option would be to find a non carved and see what's happening, but as Hans points out on his webpage, this parts are hard to find.
First, as mentioned before, the nut. The g-string seems to be too heavy, and i will try to work on the nut carvings.
Secondly, my compensated Bigsby Bridge came with the carvings for the strings already done (it's a used guitar after all) an maybe the former owner didn't use tis heavy string gauge, so i have to work on the bridge too. Another option would be to find a non carved and see what's happening, but as Hans points out on his webpage, this parts are hard to find.
just a suggestion, not sure if its for you, my old professor noticed on one of my guitars that i was using a heavier gauge g than the nut was cut for, so he found a similar gauged wound string & gently sawed back & forth in the nut slot. cured the problem, i guess its like a poor man's solution to having the nut re-cut. that might get ya thru until you can take the guitar to a tech, who knows, you may even want a bone or graphite nut put on.
just a suggestion, not sure if its for you, my old professor noticed on one of my guitars that i was using a heavier gauge g than the nut was cut for, so he found a similar gauged wound string & gently sawed back & forth in the nut slot. cured the problem, i guess its like a poor man's solution to having the nut re-cut. that might get ya thru until you can take the guitar to a tech, who knows, you may even want a bone or graphite nut put on.