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Old 01-05-2017, 11:25 PM
Richie H Richie H is offline
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Originally Posted by BradHall View Post
I built my second, an OM, and followed the plan specs exactly as called out. When I strung it up, the edge spacing was the wrong taper. Fortunately it was wide at the 12 th. fret and is still playable. I now draw the entire neck from nut to saddle to verify the geometry before I cut or drill anything. Peace of mind well worth the effort.
That was the plan anyway. I suck at math and geometry. I could calculate it, but that probably would crack my brain.. I'm more of a visual kind of guy. Thx

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Originally Posted by Bruce Sexauer View Post
With a 1 13/16 nut and a 2 5/16 BP spacing (a bit narrow for the nut IMO) the end of the fingerboard should be no less that 2 7/16. All opinion, but its mine.
Thx Bruce. This would be stretching it, I think. I'm used to the Taylor specs, be it that I sometimes struggle higher up. This one will be shorter scale: 631mm. But I'll draw that one too, maybe visualising it makes it more understandable..
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