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How crucial is fret distance?

Tres - That's the best one I've seen - I'll be using it I believe.

Replied Nov. 10, 2009

How crucial is fret distance?

I had already cut my frets before you guys posted the links to the software that prints out the cut lines. Well I went ahead and printed to my scale. My cuts were precise. less than 1/2 mm accurate.…

Replied Nov. 10, 2009

How crucial is fret distance?

David - that is EXACTLY what I need. I was using stewmac's calculator and getting like 23.528686mm or some other crazy numbers for locations. I'm pretty good with eyeballing 1/4 1/5 3/4 but I wasn't…

Replied Nov. 7, 2009

How crucial is fret distance?
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How accurate does fret distance need to be? I don't have the tools to go beyond mm accuracy.

Started this discussion. Last reply by Andy Stone Nov. 11, 2009.

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Three Forks Guitars commented on mike anderson's photo 'one mans trash/anothers music'
You had me at 3 old doorknobs. GMV
February 3
Andy Stone replied to Three Forks Guitars's discussion 'How crucial is fret distance?'
Within about 0.3 of a mm How good can you can line the saw blade over the pencil line anyway?
November 11, 2009
Three Forks Guitars replied to Three Forks Guitars's discussion 'How crucial is fret distance?'
Tres - That's the best one I've seen - I'll be using it I believe.
November 10, 2009
Tres Seaver replied to Three Forks Guitars's discussion 'How crucial is fret distance?'
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November 10, 2009
Three Forks Guitars replied to Three Forks Guitars's discussion 'How crucial is fret distance?'
I had already cut my frets before you guys posted the links to the software that prints out the cut lines. Well I went ahead and printed to my scale. My cuts were precise. less than 1/2 mm accurate. I was so proud of my old eyes :) I'll be using th…
November 10, 2009
Beer replied to Three Forks Guitars's discussion 'How crucial is fret distance?'
Makes a nice print out for your fret markings. Just enter your scale length (nut to bridge) and how many frets you want, and you're good to go. No files to download, no incompatibility issues either.
November 9, 2009
Ben replied to Three Forks Guitars's discussion 'How crucial is fret distance?'
I'm glad our 2 cents are the same currency. I was beginning to think my 2 cents made no sense. Just to throw in my credentials for this method, I'm an instrumental music teacher that often judges festivals/competitions. A number of other music teach…
November 7, 2009
Tres Seaver replied to Three Forks Guitars's discussion 'How crucial is fret distance?'
This online fret calculator will generate a multi-page PDF which you can cut and tape together to form a fret ruler: http://www.fretfind.ekips.org/2d/
November 7, 2009
Iggy replied to Three Forks Guitars's discussion 'How crucial is fret distance?'
Wfret. I use it exclusively. Love it.
November 7, 2009
Roosterman replied to Three Forks Guitars's discussion 'How crucial is fret distance?'
May aswell put my '2 cents' in too... I use a regular steel ruler to measure out my frets. I too work to the nearest 0.5mm ie. If it says 64.1mm, I mark 64mm, if it says 64.62371mm, I go 64,5mm. Bear in mind your pencil line is about 0.3mm thick!!…
November 7, 2009
Josh Gayou (SmokehouseGuitars) replied to Three Forks Guitars's discussion 'How crucial is fret distance?'
In metric, it's easy to convert or round. For 23.528585 mm, you can round to 24 mm and you'll be good. For 23.528686 cm, convert to 235 mm and you're ready to rock. As long as you measure the position of each fret from the nut and not from fret to f…
November 7, 2009
Josh Gayou (SmokehouseGuitars) replied to Three Forks Guitars's discussion 'How crucial is fret distance?'
Accuracy is way important if you want your guitar to stand up to the scrutiny of a skilled musician. In my experience they have incredible ears and are able to detect the most imperceptible variations in pitch. These guys can instantly tell when a n…
November 7, 2009
Jkevn replied to Three Forks Guitars's discussion 'How crucial is fret distance?'
Do a search on this site for Wfret, I know Ted C has posted it a few dozen times. It is, by far, one of the easiest ways to print off fret templates. It has all the standard scales or you can input the length and number of frets. Print template, tap…
November 6, 2009
Three Forks Guitars replied to Three Forks Guitars's discussion 'How crucial is fret distance?'
David - that is EXACTLY what I need. I was using stewmac's calculator and getting like 23.528686mm or some other crazy numbers for locations. I'm pretty good with eyeballing 1/4 1/5 3/4 but I wasn't sure how important exact precision is. Thanks fo…
November 6, 2009
David Lloyd replied to Three Forks Guitars's discussion 'How crucial is fret distance?'
Hi, I have yet to try this but a friend who makes his own guitars and ukes swears by the fret calculator freeware from http://www.brothersoft.com/fret-calculator-download-44473.html If you download the freeware program and run it you simply put in y…
November 6, 2009
Ben replied to Three Forks Guitars's discussion 'How crucial is fret distance?'
Just my two cents here...I too have only used mm accuracy. However, you can estimate between those mm also. Make sure you always measure from the nut to minimize compounding any errors. Using that method, I've only had one instance where things were…
November 6, 2009

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At 10:11pm on November 5, 2009, Lana Rae said…
Beautiful work! Thanks so much for sharing the pics with us!
At 7:30pm on October 20, 2009, Tres Seaver said…
Welcome aboard, Three Forks! You will find lots of helpful folks and information here on all things CBG (CBB, CBU, etc.) Feel free to poke around, ask questions, and post your stuff (photos, recordings, videos, etc.).

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