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Permalink Reply by robert jones on August 5, 2014 at 3:11pm

Use the StewMac calculator:

Enter number of frets

scale length (22.5)

inches

select type of instrument (acoustic/electric/etc)

ignore the fret to fret results

use the nut to fret measurements to layout the frets

If you continue to build you'll probably find using millimeters for fret layout is more convenient.

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Permalink Reply by JL on August 6, 2014 at 4:04am

I use fret to bridge distances, with fret #0 is the nut.

22.5000    0
21.2372    1
20.0452    2
18.9202    3
17.8583    4
16.8560    5
15.9099    6
15.0169    7
14.1741    8
13.3786    9
12.6277    10
11.9190    11
11.2500    12
10.6186    13
10.0226    14
9.4601    15
8.9291    16
8.4280    17
7.9550    18
7.5085    19
7.0871    20
6.6893    21
6.3138    22
5.9595    23
5.6250    24

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Permalink Reply by Rob on August 6, 2014 at 4:07am

Thanks I will check them again the measurements I have.

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Permalink Reply by robert jones on August 6, 2014 at 5:33am

Don't use bridge to fret, that's begging for trouble. There is not one single solitary good reason to go at it bassackwards.

The nut is a fixed point measure from it. Additionally that's the way the StewMac fret calculator prints out - nut to bridge.

Why make it harder on yourself?

Float the bridge until you get the intonation adjusted.

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Permalink Reply by Bluesheart on August 7, 2014 at 5:03pm

If you have a Mac, I love fretfind2d. Lets you lay out the whole fret board and print a template. Very accurate and no measuring!

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