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"My plan is to build the guitar...".... ahhh... I'm not sure that is the 1st step. If you do that, you don't get to choose a scale length. It is chosen for you by whatever influences went into your build...
Have you ever heard "form follows function"? That way you get what you want. What you are proposing is "function follows form".... seems upside down to me... but hey... at least it will be a learning experience...
the best,
Sam
On second thought.....
what you're proposing is authentic "prim". The first builders wouldn't have had patterns, rulers and programs to determine scale length and fret locations.... They did it by ear.... Gosh... how quickly we lose the "raw" when we decide we "know how to do it "right"".
Let us know how that build comes out....
the best,
Wichita Sam
I will. :-) What I was planning was to get the box on the neck, run a string across a couple of machine screws I have lying around, and see what I get. I have a feeling the scale length is going to be about 27", but don't quote me on that. Shaping the neck and putting on 900 coats of gunstock finish will have to wait. Thanks again, everybody!
Wichita Sam said:On second thought.....
what you're proposing is authentic "prim". The first builders wouldn't have had patterns, rulers and programs to determine scale length and fret locations.... They did it by ear.... Gosh... how quickly we lose the "raw" when we decide we "know how to do it "right"".
Let us know how that build comes out....
the best,
Wichita Sam
I will. :-) What I was planning was to get the box on the neck, run a string across a couple of machine screws I have lying around, and see what I get. I have a feeling the scale length is going to be about 27", but don't quote me on that. Shaping the neck and putting on 900 coats of gunstock finish will have to wait. Thanks again, everybody!
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