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Tom West

Post subject: 13 Fret Standard Dread

Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2015 8:55 am

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Wonder if any one has built a 13 fret dread..? Thinking of doing it and leave the sound hole in the same location, shorten the board the equivalent of the 13 to 14 fret distance, and stiffen up the bracing a bit. Hoping to get the standard dread sound but with a bit more mids. Any comments appreciated.
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SteveSmith

Post subject: Re: 13 Fret Standard Dread

Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2015 9:11 am

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I did a 13 fret OOO and the changes were minimal. IIRC the bridge moved about 1/4" and I shifted the X the same amount. Can't remember if I moved the sound hole or not. Pretty minor.

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John Arnold

Post subject: Re: 13 Fret Standard Dread

Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2015 10:53 am

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IIRC the bridge moved about 1/4" and I shifted the X the same amount. Can't remember if I moved the sound hole or not. Pretty minor.

With a 25.34" Martin scale, the distance between the 13th and 14th frets is about 0.67".

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Thinking of doing it and leave the sound hole in the same location, shorten the board the equivalent of the 13 to 14 fret distance, and stiffen up the bracing a bit.

That should work just fine.
I don't see any need to stiffen the bracing.....just move the X-braces and tone bars down by 0.67". That way, the relationship between the bridge and the X-braces is maintained.
Martin 12-fret dreads have the same bracing cross-sections as the 14-fretters.

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SteveSmith

Post subject: Re: 13 Fret Standard Dread

Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2015 11:20 am

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And if I had remembered the obvious (as John stated) I would have noted it was the 13-14 fret distance idunno

Regardless, I didn't think it was that difficult to move everything around.

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