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Permalink Reply by Dan Sleep on June 23, 2013 at 1:22am

On all my three string models, I put one right in the middle of the 1x2, and put the other ones .5 inches on either side of the middle one. That makes the outside strings sitting about .25 inches in from the edge of the fingerboard.

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Permalink Reply by Slowpaw Steve T on June 23, 2013 at 1:23am

depending if it's a three string or four string  just space the strings evenly, this is one of those jobs you'll have to do by eye, measuring invariably gets it wrong... leave a little room at the edges of the fretboard so string will not slide off the edge when fretted. (-:

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Permalink Reply by Lennox Gavin on June 23, 2013 at 1:40am

Thanks Steve!

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Permalink Reply by Slowpaw Steve T on June 24, 2013 at 7:06pm

i since put a curtain hook ring in the headstock as a middle string guide - very Old Timey! (-:

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Permalink Reply by Randy S. Bretz on June 23, 2013 at 1:36am

Depends on your finger size, I have rather large fingers so on a 3 stringer I measure in from both ends 1/8" - 3/16"  for the 1st and 3rd strings, the 2nd goes dead center which works out at about 3/8" string spacing. A 4 stringer 1/8" in on the ends about 7/16 " spacing. 

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Permalink Reply by Lennox Gavin on June 23, 2013 at 1:43am

Thanks Randy

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Permalink Reply by Richard Holmes on June 23, 2013 at 2:13am

Typo there? I think that 3/8" should come out to 5/8". Or maybe I misunderstood something.

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Permalink Reply by Randy S. Bretz on June 23, 2013 at 2:26am

 

It all depends how far the strings come in from the ends , hince the string spacing.  But since I don`t sale my builds I make the string spacing to fit me. You must take into account the size of the strings used also, a .056 wound string is almost 3/32" . But like Dan said just do the 1st and 3rd strings and put the 2nd dead center.

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Permalink Reply by Lennox Gavin on June 23, 2013 at 1:39am

Great info Dan thanks a million, I am getting close!

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Permalink Reply by The Phrygian Kid on June 23, 2013 at 9:46am

I do the outer ones first, get em as close to the edges as you can but so they can still be fretted right the way up, then try to fit the rest evenly in betweenn

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Permalink Reply by Thomas "Duck" Petry on June 24, 2013 at 6:58pm

When using threaded rod for the nut, I center the middle string and just try and space the outer strings between 1/2" and 9/16" out.

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