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Permalink Reply by Tim on October 27, 2009 at 4:48am

they usualy work great
stewmac makes some too
http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Fretting_supplies/Measuring/Dual_Fret_S...
http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Fretting_supplies/Measuring/Fret_Scale_...

or just google fret calculator and make your own.

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Permalink Reply by Wes "I'm Baaaaack" Yates on October 28, 2009 at 1:21am

Awww, there was a thread recently that was to a site where if you put in your specs it would print out a chart and even make a PDF of the template. About a month or so ago. Look back for this. might be interesting. You prolly seen it tho.

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Permalink Reply by Dan Tomkinson on October 28, 2009 at 1:49pm

hey I cant find this chart where did you find it

Randy S. Bretz said:

If you do alot of different scale lengths like I do, the best fret template you could get yourself is the fretting chart from Muscmakers.com . I have turned this chart on to alot of the members here. You won`t be sorry if you have this, it`s so easy. It`s a paper chart that unfolds to about 2 foot by 2 foot and has scale lengths from 13" to 31". All the lines are there for guitar,bass,mandolin,banjo,dulcimer. You just lay your fret board along a the scale length you want to use and copy the fret marks on to your fret board. Or you can do like I do and copy the fret marks on thin sticks so you have them ready to use anytime. I have had mine for over 20 yeatrs now and I`m glad I have it, you won`t be sorry you have it either.

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Permalink Reply by Tres Seaver on October 28, 2009 at 6:53pm

Wes Yates said:

Awww, there was a thread recently that was to a site where if you put in your specs it would print out a chart and even make a PDF of the template. About a month or so ago. Look back for this. might be interesting. You prolly seen it tho.

Here ya go: http://www.fretfind.ekips.org/2d/

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Permalink Reply by Paul Doug on October 29, 2009 at 3:03am

Is there advantage to the Fret Chart, verses just going to one of the free fret calculaters on the internet?

Randy S. Bretz said:

http://www.harpkit.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Produ... / here is the link for the fret chart / www.harpkit.com / look in the books section / click on instrument making / the fret chart is on the bottom of the page there is no picture just the info.

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Permalink Reply by Dan Tomkinson on October 29, 2009 at 1:56pm

Hi I found it and have ordered one thanks much

Randy S. Bretz said:

http://www.harpkit.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Produ... / here is the link for the fret chart / www.harpkit.com / look in the books section / click on instrument making / the fret chart is on the bottom of the page there is no picture just the info.

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Permalink Reply by Wes "I'm Baaaaack" Yates on October 29, 2009 at 4:29pm

Badda Bing, Badda Boom! Thats it Tres. I needs to bookmark this.

Thanks

Tres Seaver said:

Wes Yates said:

Awww, there was a thread recently that was to a site where if you put in your specs it would print out a chart and even make a PDF of the template. About a month or so ago. Look back for this. might be interesting. You prolly seen it tho.

Here ya go: http://www.fretfind.ekips.org/2d/

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Permalink Reply by Dan Sleep on October 30, 2009 at 1:08am

I use the Wfret program for my PC. You just enter the scale length you want and how many frets. It will print out a chart or a template for you. You just cut out the template and tape it to the neck and mark the fret locations.

You can get it here:

http://galileo.spaceports.com/~fishbake/index.html

The link for it is about half way down the page.

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Permalink Reply by Tom "Broken E String" Sobieski on September 12, 2014 at 2:17am

not any more

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Permalink Reply by Dan Sleep on September 12, 2014 at 2:52am

I had added that stuff to my blog a while back.

http://www.cigarboxnation.com/profiles/blog/list?user=0o8hi88esk4nb

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Permalink Reply by Tom "Broken E String" Sobieski on September 12, 2014 at 2:15am

Most of the links for print it yourself templates here are dead end links., I found thuis one that can be printed out. Right Click -> save -> then print to the size you want

http://cigarboxguitars.com/resources/workshops/24-5-guitar-fretboar...

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Permalink Reply by JL on September 12, 2014 at 4:35am

it is not hard to calculate for yourself, the bridge to fret ratio between two consecutive frets is the 12th root of 2 

It's Easy enough to do in Excel.  as an example, for a scale of 24, the Nut (fret 0), fret 1, fret 2, fret 3 can be found with this typed into excel :

=24/((2^(1/12))^0)

=24/((2^(1/12))^1)

=24/((2^(1/12))^2)

=24/((2^(1/12))^3)

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