How Best To Properly Locate SG Stop Tailpiece:

Amp Mad Scientist said:
One Word:
Hilti.

Seriously:
you could install the tremolo tailpiece to cover the holes....
The trem tailpiece, with ABR-1 bridge, and nylon saddles, "is" the Dicky Betts setup.
IMHO, the best sounding setup for an SG.

The nylon saddles make a huge difference in controlling the microphonic feedback with a very high gain amp.
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Not gonna bother with it...and i would throw it in the fire before i would install the poop-engineering of a Bigsby on anything.
 
67plexi said:
This is what I use to establish the center line on wood working projects

www.rockler.com

INCRA Precision Centering Rule

Find the exact center of any workpiece up to 12" wide. Has a built-in protractor, too.
www.rockler.com www.rockler.com
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Steve,

If I may be stupid in finish woodworking ability to think about the obvious. How can this tool help us find the center on a contoured guitar body?

Logic tells me how I would do it. I would lay the straight edge on either side of the neck and project 2 pencil lines down to the area where I am trying to mark for holes etc. then put the device on these 2 marks and voila, locate the center. Or else or in addition to that, line it up with the 2 edges of the neck and mark the center, then draw a line connecting the 2 centers once I established the one above.

Is this what you would do when not having located the center prior to cutting the body shape from square stock?
 
chilipeppermaniac said:
Steve,

If I may be stupid in finish woodworking ability to think about the obvious. How can this tool help us find the center on a contoured guitar body?

Logic tells me how I would do it. I would lay the straight edge on either side of the neck and project 2 pencil lines down to the area where I am trying to mark for holes etc. then put the device on these 2 marks and voila, locate the center. Or else or in addition to that, line it up with the 2 edges of the neck and mark the center, then draw a line connecting the 2 centers once I established the one above.

Is this what you would do when not having located the center prior to cutting the body shape from square stock?
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I did it freehand...lol
 
Robert,

I can definitely find a center, freehand too.

Using the same method above with a straight edge and good measuring device. Math has always been a strong suit of mine.
That and being able to visually see what I am looking at. Although the past few years, my close up vision has gone to Shlt.
 
Robert,

I am wondering something.

Did you drill the tailpiece holes in the right place but just off-center?
In other words, the right distance away from the bridge etc?

Did you already drill bridge holes too? Off-center as well, or what?

I am trying to offer solutions, but I can't "diagnose by phone" as I used to tell customers of mine when I worked in the service dept at the Porsche Audi dealer.
 
chilipeppermaniac said:
If this pic is of the holes you screwed up, I can't tell because that paper is covering things up.

Maybe you didn't actually post pics due to your disappointment in drilling improperly.
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Look at how the strings track along the neck.
The holes are fine, just in the wrong place.
 
chilipeppermaniac said:
Steve,

If I may be stupid in finish woodworking ability to think about the obvious. How can this tool help us find the center on a contoured guitar body?

Logic tells me how I would do it. I would lay the straight edge on either side of the neck and project 2 pencil lines down to the area where I am trying to mark for holes etc. then put the device on these 2 marks and voila, locate the center. Or else or in addition to that, line it up with the 2 edges of the neck and mark the center, then draw a line connecting the 2 centers once I established the one above.

Is this what you would do when not having located the center prior to cutting the body shape from square stock?
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The centering ruler is flexible you can flex it 360 degrees in a circle and is snaps back straight it will form to the contour of the body fine
first center the fingerboard at the nut and at the end of the fingerboard and use a straight edge
 
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