MistryMachine Posted December 1, 2004 Report Share Posted December 1, 2004 Im designing a neck-thru explorer. Like many people im obsessed with explorer models. im gonna build this one like the gibson explorer with a custom headstock that i designed. I want make it a 24 frett neck with 25.5" scale , i was wondering if anyone knew some measurements of how far away the bridge should be, and where the frettboard should end on the body, or if any of those measurements matter. oh ya, i was wondering if anyone knew how to make the guitarbuild programs with the plans for explorers go to scale, because it says that the guitar should be 100 inches long. -Mistrymachine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feylya Posted December 1, 2004 Report Share Posted December 1, 2004 The middle of the bridge should be 25.5" away from the nut anyway... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CudBucket Posted December 1, 2004 Report Share Posted December 1, 2004 The point where the strings break the saddles should be 25.5" away from the nut. The middle of the bridge is inconsequential. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feylya Posted December 1, 2004 Report Share Posted December 1, 2004 (edited) It won't be a straight bridge though. Setting the middle of the bridge (at the right angle) at 25.5" should be about perfect afaik. Assuming it's a TOM of course.... Edited December 1, 2004 by feylya Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted December 1, 2004 Report Share Posted December 1, 2004 with a t.o.m i set the bottom stud at the exact scale length,then angle the top stud back an extra 3/16" further away works every time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalcarver Posted December 3, 2004 Report Share Posted December 3, 2004 There's a downloadable program called FretCalc that will calculate any scale lenth and all the fret positions and there are severl online java calculators Ifergit where... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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