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Permalink Reply by Outhouse Instruments on March 21, 2010 at 9:27am

Get a box ... any box. The neck and box relationship can be moved around as needed and still keep your 24.5 scale.
I set the neck so that the bridge is about 1/3 of the way from the tail end of the box. It's a compromise position that works well.
I then mark the neck for where the box goes and start cutting.
once the neck is mounted to the box for a test fit I figure how many frets I can fit with out stuffing one right up against the box.
Don't worry about last fret to bridge measurements ... it's nut to bridge that counts.
The space you notice is just a fret not placed ... you'll probably hit the box lid when fretting that close anyway.

BTW- the measurement on that scale is 24.5 " .... thats the distance from the nut to bridge.

the only difference , I use a 25.5 scale.


Matt

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Permalink Reply by MichaelS Country Boy Guitars on March 21, 2010 at 9:30am

The length of the scale is from the nut to the bridge, that is your 24.5 inch length.

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Permalink Reply by rockinfrasse on March 21, 2010 at 9:36am

alright i get it, never measured this one. We us the metric system in sweden, can i blame that? hahaha

MichaelS said:

The length of the scale is from the nut to the bridge, that is your 24.5 inch length.

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Permalink Reply by rockinfrasse on March 21, 2010 at 9:41am

Of course, i get it now, just printed the scale at work and never measured it at home, did now.
No problem.

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Permalink Reply by rockinfrasse on March 21, 2010 at 9:54am

Went out to measure the box. a 24.5 scale did not fit the bridge 1/3 from the tail end of the box with the last fret directly at the top of the cigarbox.
But i could just leave an an inch between the last fret and the top of the box right?? Still playable 24.5 scale?

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Permalink Reply by MichaelS Country Boy Guitars on March 21, 2010 at 9:58am

You can put the bridge back some if you need to, look at my pics, both guitars use a 24" scale and the bridge in a different location on each, the box's are different sizes too. It dose not matter how many frets you have, just that the bridge is the right distance from the nut. You probably wont play the really high frets anyway (close to the box).

rockinfrasse said:

Went out to measure the box. a 24.5 scale did not fit the bridge 1/3 from the tail end of the box with the last fret directly at the top of the cigarbox.
But i could just leave an an inch between the last fret and the top of the box right?? Still playable 24.5 scale?

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Permalink Reply by rockinfrasse on March 21, 2010 at 10:12am

Ill probably leave an inch between the last fret on my scale and the box. This should place the bridge somewhat to the "left" of the logo. What do you think?

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Permalink Reply by MichaelS Country Boy Guitars on March 21, 2010 at 10:21am

Sounds good to me. It will work and you will be impressed when you string it up the first time, then you will make changes for the next one : )

rockinfrasse said:

Ill probably leave an inch between the last fret on my scale and the box. This should place the bridge somewhat to the "left" of the logo. What do you think?

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Permalink Reply by rockinfrasse on March 21, 2010 at 10:28am

Will buy some wood tomorrow after work. this is going to rock!

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Permalink Reply by Wes "I'm Baaaaack" Yates on March 21, 2010 at 12:39pm

Damn, I love it when a plan comes together.

-WY

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Permalink Reply by rockinfrasse on April 7, 2010 at 5:27am

So, finally, got a couple of days of from work, got all the parts together borrowed tools from my dad, about to get started, got me 2 really nice pieces of oak. one is a little less then 1.5" wide, and the other is like 1 3/4", thinkin of using the wider one for this 4 string. Any uggestions or heads up so far? starting my build tomorrow (finally..!)

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Permalink Reply by Dave Breault on April 7, 2010 at 5:52am

just the standard heads up, measure, measure, cut. And have fun!

rockinfrasse said:

So, finally, got a couple of days of from work, got all the parts together borrowed tools from my dad, about to get started, got me 2 really nice pieces of oak. one is a little less then 1.5" wide, and the other is like 1 3/4", thinkin of using the wider one for this 4 string. Any uggestions or heads up so far? starting my build tomorrow (finally..!)

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