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| Author: | sdsollod [ Mon Aug 31, 2015 5:17 pm ] |
| Post subject: | 12th or 14th fret? |
Do you prefer the 12th fret or the 14th fret to establish the width of the string spread based on the width of the string spread at the bridge? That is, if your string spacing at the bridge is 2 ¼ “ (for example) do you make the fingerboard 2 ¼” at the 12th or at the 14th fret? |
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| Author: | DennisK [ Mon Aug 31, 2015 6:24 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 12th or 14th fret? |
I like 12th, but other players will prefer 14th. Hard to say what is the wisest choice if you're not building for a specific person. |
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| Author: | tysam [ Mon Aug 31, 2015 6:30 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 12th or 14th fret? |
On spec or guitars for me I go to 14. |
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| Author: | sdsollod [ Mon Aug 31, 2015 6:32 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 12th or 14th fret? |
BTW - this is for a steel string with a body join at the 14th fret... I think there are varying preferences on this... I'm looking for your preference... |
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| Author: | Alain Lambert [ Mon Aug 31, 2015 7:32 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 12th or 14th fret? |
Depends what you want for string spacing at the bridge! edit: AND how much space you want between the string and FB edge. (usually 3/16) |
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| Author: | Tom West [ Mon Aug 31, 2015 8:26 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 12th or 14th fret? |
The 14th for me. Tom |
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| Author: | gozierdt [ Tue Sep 01, 2015 7:55 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 12th or 14th fret? |
I've always considered the nut width and string spread at the bridge to be the dominate numbers. The width of the fretboard comes from those two numbers, the scale, and how much space you want from the e-strings to the edge of the frets. I do a full sized layout and get the fretboard size from that. |
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| Author: | rlrhett [ Wed Sep 02, 2015 6:18 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 12th or 14th fret? |
gozierdt wrote: I've always considered the nut width and string spread at the bridge to be the dominate numbers. The width of the fretboard comes from those two numbers, the scale, and how much space you want from the e-strings to the edge of the frets. I do a full sized layout and get the fretboard size from that. Yes, but it's a weird coincidence that assuming more or less traditional dimensions the width of the neck at the body matches the string spread at the bridge. It's a convenient shorthand. Oh, and I usually match the neck at the 14th to the string spread at the bridge. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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