New Neck Building

[croaticum]

Ok if this lives that would be my first neck that i will ever build.

I hade done some calculations and her they are:

Fret Number mm from Nut mm from Fret

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1 37,3 37,3

2 72,4 35,2

3 105,6 33,2

4 136,9 31,4

5 166,5 29,6

6 194,4 28,0

7 220,7 26,4

8 245,6 24,9

9 269,1 23,5

10 291,2 22,2

11 312,1 21,0

12 331,8 19,8

13 350,5 18,7

14 368,0 17,6

15 384,6 16,6

16 400,3 15,7

17 415,1 14,8

18 429,0 14,0

19 442,2 13,2

20 454,6 12,5

21 466,3 11,8

22 477,4 11,1

23 487,9 10,5

24 497,7 9,9

25 507,0 9,4

i hope i got that part right?!

Now is this correct

necki done in vectors(blueprint)

As you see i made it to be 25 frets just for kicks lol

I have done this in corel and my question would be is the string bending pointcorrect or did i figure it all wrong.

As i understood is if i had scale lets say 26 1/8 at very end of that lenght is where strings should bend???

Hope you will figure what i wanted to ask you guys?!

[thegarehanman]

This is what stewmac has to say about your calculations:

1 37.244 mm 37.244 mm (nut-1)

2 72.397 mm 35.153 mm (1-2)

3 105.577 mm 33.180 mm (2-3)

4 136.895 mm 31.318 mm (3-4)

5 166.455 mm 29.560 mm (4-5)

6 194.357 mm 27.901 mm (5-6)

7 220.692 mm 26.335 mm (6-7)

8 245.549 mm 24.857 mm (7-8)

9 269.011 mm 23.462 mm (8-9)

10 291.156 mm 22.145 mm (9-10)

11 312.058 mm 20.902 mm (10-11)

12 331.787 mm 19.729 mm (11-12)

13 350.409 mm 18.622 mm (12-13)

14 367.986 mm 17.577 mm (13-14)

15 384.576 mm 16.590 mm (14-15)

16 400.235 mm 15.659 mm (15-16)

17 415.015 mm 14.780 mm (16-17)

18 428.966 mm 13.951 mm (17-18)

19 442.133 mm 13.168 mm (18-19)

20 454.562 mm 12.429 mm (19-20)

21 466.293 mm 11.731 mm (20-21)

22 477.366 mm 11.073 mm (21-22)

23 487.817 mm 10.451 mm (22-23)

24 497.681 mm 9.865 mm (23-24)

25 506.992 mm 9.311 mm (24-25)

...which means you look to be right on target.

As for where the strings bend, can we assume you mean where they bend over the bridge? If that's the case, your strings should break over the bridge at 26.125" when the saddles are adjusted fully forward. This allows for propper intonation. What type of bridge do you plan to use?

peace,

russ

[croaticum]

As for where the strings bend, can we assume you mean where they bend over the bridge?

yes i ment where they bend over the bridge.

As for bridge i think ill use t-o-m

is 26.125" same as 663,6mm since i dont know the diferece between imperial and metric system. Im on metric so...

thx

[thegarehanman]

is 26.125" same as 663,6mm since i dont know the diferece between imperial and metric system. Im on metric so...

thx

Yes.

If you're using a tom, you'll want the high e saddle at the 26.125" mark and the low e saddle about 1/8" further away from the nut. Maybe a hair more since you're going with a longer scale length.

[croaticum]

cant i adjust it on a t-o-m once i put it on?

[thegarehanman]

Toms must be angled because they do not have enough travel in their saddles to fully intonate all of the strings. Look at any les paul, you'll see what I mean.

[croaticum]

awww ok

so what you are saying is i will have to move lower e sadle for about 20,32mm further away from the nut.

did i got it right this time?

[Rista]

1/8" is around 3mm, not 20.

[croaticum]

1/8" is around 3mm, not 20.

it is 3.175 thank you a lot you probobly saved the whole thing for me!

[Mattia]

You're going to come across a lot of imperial measures (although I still find them moderately annoying for most things), so get used to it:

1 inch = 25.4 mm

Work from there.

[croaticum]

thanks mattia i found out that i have converter on my mobile phone lol

i never thot that my phone will help me build a guitar.

And let me thank you guys for the fast help you provided my with if there is anything........

Edited February 8, 2006 by croaticum