Defiled Posted May 5, 2004 Report Share Posted May 5, 2004 How do you determine the width of a neck? Here is the way I was thinking of doing it.... 1: Take the distance from the end of the nut to the closest outside string 2: Take that distance and add it to the string spread on the bridge. 3: Mark the string spread with the added length of the excess nut. 4: Connect the dots Is this how it's normally done? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krazyderek Posted May 5, 2004 Report Share Posted May 5, 2004 most people just use one of the standards, the 2 common nut widths are 1-5/8" (41.3mm) and 1-11/16 (42.8~43mm) and the width at the heel depends on what the string spread of the bridge is, but it's usualy around around 56-57mm or 2.224" ish... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fidgec94 Posted May 5, 2004 Report Share Posted May 5, 2004 Found this alittle while back, dunno if it'll help Fretboard shape Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defiled Posted May 5, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2004 Found this alittle while back, dunno if it'll help Fretboard shape That looks exactly like what I need...... but for some reason Acrobat won't let me use the inputs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MzI Posted May 5, 2004 Report Share Posted May 5, 2004 there is a formula for it, its based on the nut width and the string spread on the bridge as derek said, in the book i have by koch it says that roughly 1/8" is sufficient on the outsides of the strings, hope that helps MzI ^^^^^ that calculator thing looks exactly like what is in my book Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devon Headen Posted May 5, 2004 Report Share Posted May 5, 2004 You have to get the new version of Acrobat. It wouldn't work for me at first either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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