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Permalink Reply by Larry McInnes on June 3, 2010 at 7:16pm

I was wondering about the width of the space within the doubled courses myself. I was going to go to the local Guitar Center with a ruler and measure the courses of some of their 12-string guitars. The width of the neck, I imagine, would be the width of a standard 1x2 neck, which is really .75x1.5. And since there aren't supposed to be rules when it comes to building these puppies, I'd say the answer to the rest of your questions would be whatever looks/feels the best.

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Permalink Reply by Josh Gayou (SmokehouseGuitars) on June 4, 2010 at 4:50am

As far as neck width, that's subject to comfort. When I made Shane's, I first had to get an idea from him on what he was looking for in spacing between each course. The strings of the course are about 1/8th inch apart. This keeps them from buzzing off each other and gives you enough space that the string won't hang up on the forward bridge pins (if you use them).

Andrew Fowle said:

How about neck width and string spacing??? I'm attempting one tuned D aa dd. I don't know:
- how wide the neck should be
- how far in from the outside edge of the neck the outer strings should be
- how far apart to place the doubled strings from each other
- how far apart each of the three courses should be from each other.

Having one of the courses not doubled is only adding to my confusion.

Anyone have any pointers?

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Permalink Reply by Crow on June 4, 2010 at 7:13am

@ diane in chicago

wow, i bet those sound beautiful!!! i may have to build something with paired strings myself!!!! you have any videos of them being played?? (i'm about to check your profile...)

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