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Permalink Reply by MichaelS Country Boy Guitars on July 21, 2010 at 12:40am

The wood sizing has been around for much longer than the chain stores, it is really the size of the wood before it is planed down to a nice finished piece. Don't blame the chain stores they had nothing to do with it, now if someone can tell me why my potato chips have only 5 oz. now in the same size bag that used to have 6 1/2 or more... lol

Scott L said:

The "1 x 2" you find at the hardware store has actually dried down to 3/4 x 1 3/4 or there bouts. It's no longer a 1 x 2 by the time it gets to you which I think is pretty crummy because that it what it says on the label. I guess it's just an accepted thing at pretty much every chain HW store. You are paying for less than what the label says so if you really want a 2 by 1 you will have to buy a bigger piece and rip it down to the size you want.
I'm on my first build too and I've decided to just deal with it. My fingers are pretty long but not too chubby so I actually have perfect guitar hands. If you look at a regular acoustic you will notice the strings are pretty close together anyway.
Hope this helps, good luck with your new build.

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Permalink Reply by Scott L on July 22, 2010 at 9:49am

Well, I can't argue with you on the history of it, all I know is that it is false advertising. If its not 1 x 2 it shouldn't be marked as such. Their rationale is immaterial to my pocket book.

MichaelS said:

The wood sizing has been around for much longer than the chain stores, it is really the size of the wood before it is planed down to a nice finished piece. Don't blame the chain stores they had nothing to do with it, now if someone can tell me why my potato chips have only 5 oz. now in the same size bag that used to have 6 1/2 or more... lol

Scott L said:

The "1 x 2" you find at the hardware store has actually dried down to 3/4 x 1 3/4 or there bouts. It's no longer a 1 x 2 by the time it gets to you which I think is pretty crummy because that it what it says on the label. I guess it's just an accepted thing at pretty much every chain HW store. You are paying for less than what the label says so if you really want a 2 by 1 you will have to buy a bigger piece and rip it down to the size you want.
I'm on my first build too and I've decided to just deal with it. My fingers are pretty long but not too chubby so I actually have perfect guitar hands. If you look at a regular acoustic you will notice the strings are pretty close together anyway.
Hope this helps, good luck with your new build.

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Permalink Reply by MichaelS Country Boy Guitars on July 22, 2010 at 11:34am

Industry standard for at least 100 years, too late to change it now.


Scott L said:

Well, I can't argue with you on the history of it, all I know is that it is false advertising. If its not 1 x 2 it shouldn't be marked as such. Their rationale is immaterial to my pocket book.

MichaelS said:

The wood sizing has been around for much longer than the chain stores, it is really the size of the wood before it is planed down to a nice finished piece. Don't blame the chain stores they had nothing to do with it, now if someone can tell me why my potato chips have only 5 oz. now in the same size bag that used to have 6 1/2 or more... lol

Scott L said:

The "1 x 2" you find at the hardware store has actually dried down to 3/4 x 1 3/4 or there bouts. It's no longer a 1 x 2 by the time it gets to you which I think is pretty crummy because that it what it says on the label. I guess it's just an accepted thing at pretty much every chain HW store. You are paying for less than what the label says so if you really want a 2 by 1 you will have to buy a bigger piece and rip it down to the size you want.
I'm on my first build too and I've decided to just deal with it. My fingers are pretty long but not too chubby so I actually have perfect guitar hands. If you look at a regular acoustic you will notice the strings are pretty close together anyway.
Hope this helps, good luck with your new build.

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Permalink Reply by Mark Werner on July 22, 2010 at 12:25pm

Put a ruler on a standard 2 x 4 and see what ya get....

If you look at old houses, you might actually see some lumber that measures 2" x 4"...But you have to be looking at OLD ones.

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Permalink Reply by keith peterson on July 26, 2010 at 5:25am

Hell yes, I have big fingers, I used base trim, maple and oak, cut is on the table saw, lam it all together and then take a router to ease off the corners. it works great, You are the one playing it. I made a six sting, to big, I made a 3 string that I love but it has one to many as I dont play guitar, I am a old keyboard guy converted, I am now going to build a 2 string, I think it will be killer for my fat axx fingers. haha

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