Hello

[Ken Smith]

Originally Posted by Craig Regan

Here is the latest.

I have decided to set up the bass, before the finish process, to avoid scratches and dents.

Made the saddle, nut and fitted a sound post; then fit a bridge and proceeded to string it up.

Most of the nuts I have seen have wider spacing between the E and A strings and then the spacing gets smaller between the D and G string. This set up would work better on my beveled fingerboard (layout issues), but, I will try using 10 mm between every string as stated in the "Luthiers Corner".

The string spacing should always be measured from center to center and never between the strings. That will space the string wider on the lowers and narrower on the uppers. With center-to-center spacing, the pencil line only being spaced, the lower strings will looks closer than the uppers but in reality, the centers in which you place your fingers will be even.