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Old 01-07-2019, 02:29 PM
Rodger Knox Rodger Knox is offline
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Originally Posted by Blonde Girl View Post
Thank you
I'm kinda wondering - the fret rule measure, if I go from the bridge (saddle) and the rule is at the front of each fret the nut is in the right place - if the centre of each fret is where the rule lies then there should be a 1mm spacer between the nut and the fret board
Does that make sense??
It's pretty common to reduce the distance from the nut to the first fret a little from the calculated distance, half the width of the fretsaw kerf (~0.01") is pretty common. That usually improves intonation.
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