String Compensation and Locating the Bridge

This episode of DIY Guitar Making was filmed during one of the Spring 2023 Acoustic Guitar Build Workshops. I talk about the need for added scale length in order to compensate for string stretch, and I demonstrate the process for accurately locating the bridge.
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[@walterrider9600]

thank you Eric .

[@haase2209]

Everyone do a shot every time a student says “hmmm!” Thanks for another great video, Eric!

[@TheRandyguitarrista]

Thank you!

[@stevesstrings5243]

Good information!

[@lesliefranklin1870]

My father was a piano tuner. Pianos are generally *not* tuned evenly across the scale.

[@davidharris7431]

Hey Eric . I've been procrastinating over the bridge plate , maple , spruce or rosewood . Read so much I'm confused . Help 😂.......

[@eyeofamon]

Hitachi became Metabo HPT in the US, Metabo in Europe, and Hikoki elsewhere.

[@MELO.5020]

U awesome

[@ORESKOmARK]

Instructors shouldn’t be aloud to use the words this, that, there, and center without the instructor verifying what the instructor is talking about. This video starts out fairly simple but all the extra conversation makes things difficult to stay on task.

[@jonahguitarguy]

No Hitachi is still Hitachi.