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ce. 1960 Rickenbacker 105 Work progress for S. Ochoa Guitar Done |
SHE ARE DONE ! She's a joy to play. |
2 hours of playing made me realize that this Steel's non-parallel nut-converging side edges of her fretboard design (common on allot of Steel Guitars) could be a bit frustrating for someone learning the eyes' sight-picture of the strings location against the fretboard background (called eye paralax); Especially when the treble-side fretboard edge is pointing close to the Vol / Tone knobs sitting close to the 1st string, which makes the eyes / brain / fingers think that is where the first string is, and causes the right hand fingers to bump against the vol / tone knobs searching for that first string. So I applied a strip of masking tape onto the fretboard and aligned with the paralax (player's eye view) of the first string, ....which will greatly help the eye / brain / fingers find the first and thus other strings while the eyes / brain get used to the conical paralax of the fretboard without looking at the right hand fingers. 2 hours playing told my eyes / brain / fingers where the srings were, but I've got many miles of doing so in my past. The strip of tape will greatly help getting used to the fretboard layout; Then the tape can be removed. Goo-B-Gone is excellent to remove any remaining tape glue residue when the tape is removed (READ THE G-B-G's INSTRUCTIONS WELL to prevent damage to the fretboard's black paint). The inside edge of the piece of tape is aligned with the eyes' view of the first string against the fretboard design, .....telling the eyes / brain / fingers where the first and thus the remaining strings are. This should help greatly in the eyes / brain / fingers learning the fretboard sight-picture and feel. ------- If paralax is still a problem for you, then you can add another temporary strip of tape under the sixth string ....BUT in the case of the 6th string the tape should be aligned directly under the outside edge of the 6th string rather than aligned with the 6th string eye paralax. The eye / brain doesn't believe paralax offset for the 6th string but does for the 1st string, ....and thus why the original alignment of the fretboard looks mis-aligned when viewed from above ! |
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