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Permalink Reply by Wes "I'm Baaaaack" Yates on May 7, 2010 at 5:46am

Yeps. There are lots of ways to do this. I used wfret. StewMac's calc. I even made my own spreadsheet to do this. Tons of ways.

ALL: one thing to remember if you print some sort of template off on a printer, that template might not be exactly 100%!

Print off a copy and MEASURE the 12th fret position with a good [read: reliable] ruler. Some rulers might be off by as much as .025". Measure and make sure the 12th is exactly 1/2 the scale length! If not, print out the template again at 'X' percent size until it is. My printer prints at 97% even when it should be 100% so I have to print at 103% to compensate. This is one gotcha that I found with home printers.

-WY

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Permalink Reply by MichaelS Country Boy Guitars on May 7, 2010 at 6:55am

I am able to use a plotter to print mine off, it uses a roll of paper so length is not a problem and the accuracy is good. I found that once I had a template in my computer program I can stretch it or shrink it and it proportionally sizes up perfect, so I have any scale I want when I need it. Its nice to have expensive toys to work with. : )

Wes Yates said:

Yeps. There are lots of ways to do this. I used wfret. StewMac's calc. I even made my own spreadsheet to do this. Tons of ways.

ALL: one thing to remember if you print some sort of template off on a printer, that template might not be exactly 100%!

Print off a copy and MEASURE the 12th fret position with a good [read: reliable] ruler. Some rulers might be off by as much as .025". Measure and make sure the 12th is exactly 1/2 the scale length! If not, print out the template again at 'X' percent size until it is. My printer prints at 97% even when it should be 100% so I have to print at 103% to compensate. This is one gotcha that I found with home printers.

-WY

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Permalink Reply by Crow on May 7, 2010 at 7:00am

i love making my own spreadsheets! until recently, i was using a "divide by 17.817" method, which required several steps of calculation. recently, i found this "multiply by .9439" method which essentially reduces it to one step, repeated. i don't even need to spreadsheet it any more! just a pocket calculator and a pencil..

i love finding quicker, simpler ways to do good work.

Wes Yates said:

Yeps. There are lots of ways to do this. I used wfret. StewMac's calc. I even made my own spreadsheet to do this. Tons of ways.

ALL: one thing to remember if you print some sort of template off on a printer, that template might not be exactly 100%!

Print off a copy and MEASURE the 12th fret position with a good [read: reliable] ruler. Some rulers might be off by as much as .025". Measure and make sure the 12th is exactly 1/2 the scale length! If not, print out the template again at 'X' percent size until it is. My printer prints at 97% even when it should be 100% so I have to print at 103% to compensate. This is one gotcha that I found with home printers.

-WY

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