jstoup111 Posted January 26, 2004 Report Share Posted January 26, 2004 how do i find out how wide my neck is at the neckjoint. im going with a 25" neck with 24 frets Scale Length: 25.01In. Fret Number In. from Nut In. from Fret =========== ============ ============= 1 1.41 1.41 2 2.73 1.33 3 3.98 1.26 4 5.16 1.18 5 6.28 1.12 6 7.33 1.06 7 8.32 1.00 8 9.26 0.94 9 10.14 0.89 10 10.97 0.84 11 11.76 0.79 12 12.50 0.75 13 13.21 0.71 14 13.87 0.67 15 14.49 0.63 16 15.08 0.59 17 15.64 0.56 18 16.17 0.53 19 16.66 0.50 20 17.13 0.47 21 17.57 0.45 22 17.99 0.42 23 18.38 0.40 24 18.75 0.38 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www Posted January 26, 2004 Report Share Posted January 26, 2004 How wide is the guitars bodies neck route? Or, are you building from blanks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jstoup111 Posted January 26, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2004 i dont have a neck route routed out yet. at the moment i have 2 blocks of wood. one for my body and the other for the neck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www Posted January 26, 2004 Report Share Posted January 26, 2004 Well I'll have to leave the question to the more knowledgeable peoples! But, I would think it depends on the nut width and string spacing. Are you copying a design or going with your own all the way? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jstoup111 Posted January 26, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2004 im doing a v but a custom v. the nut is 1-5/8" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www Posted January 26, 2004 Report Share Posted January 26, 2004 What bridge are you going to use? That will help determine string spacing! From there you should be able to figure out the neck width at the 24th fret! I am just guessing! I am sure someone here knows a better way! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveq Posted January 27, 2004 Report Share Posted January 27, 2004 Yup, you'll need the string spread of the bridge and nut. There's an equation to figure out the width - I'll see if I can find it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jstoup111 Posted January 27, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2004 im going to use a strat style tremlo it doesnt give enough info on the site (it is only an import) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbkim Posted January 27, 2004 Report Share Posted January 27, 2004 Yup, you'll need the string spread of the bridge and nut. There's an equation to figure out the width - I'll see if I can find it. Is this what you're thinking of daveq? Hmm... I wonder why they used a PDF doc for this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jstoup111 Posted January 27, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2004 because i dont have the dimensions of the bridge what would i measure from? the whole bridge, the saddles or the outside of the string where they touch the saddle? im guessing the last but i want to double check cause i dont wanna screw this up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www Posted January 27, 2004 Report Share Posted January 27, 2004 I would think you measure from the center of the saddle to the center of saddle next to the first one. I did some checking and the widths do vary. But I found a diagram that shows the distance in millimeters is 10.5. 42 millimeter = 1.6535433 inch Here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www Posted January 27, 2004 Report Share Posted January 27, 2004 Here is the link for the bridge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krazyderek Posted January 27, 2004 Report Share Posted January 27, 2004 trem bridges are about 52 - 52.5mm string pitch but depends on the bridge, so don't quote me on that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jstoup111 Posted January 27, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2004 thank you very much it was a lot of help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveq Posted January 27, 2004 Report Share Posted January 27, 2004 s this what you're thinking of daveq? That was exactly what I was going to post expect I was going to get it from the book. I didn't know he put it on the web site also. Very nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bingo328 Posted January 27, 2004 Report Share Posted January 27, 2004 The Martin Koch guitar making book suggests drawing out your string spacing at the nut and then your string spacing at the bridge at the correct scale length apart. In your case 25.01". You can connect the lines of both E strings and measure the distance across your last fret. In your case 18.75" down from the nut. Offset the width you just found by 1/4" (1/8" on each side) and this will give you enough extra FBon the sides to make sure your strings don't fall off when bending notes. These can go narrower or wider based on personal preferance but that's his basic formula. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Page_Master Posted January 27, 2004 Report Share Posted January 27, 2004 i am making a 6 string baritone - 27" scale with 27 frets. 46.6mm wide @ nut, 23mm deep @ 1st fret and 59mm wide @ 25th fret, 25mm deep @ 12 fret. weird eh. i have carved up a pine 2'x4' to these specs. feels good to me. any obs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southpa Posted January 27, 2004 Report Share Posted January 27, 2004 jstoup111, as krazyderek mentioned 52 -52.5 mm or 2 1/8" is about correct for 1 5/8" nut spacing. You can measure all kinds of guitars with that nut spacing and you will find its pretty close to 2 1/8" where the neck meets the body. Thats why I'm always a sucker for TOM roller bridges. Even if you are slightly off, you can always adjust your string spacing to accomodate neck width. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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