Re: Scale Length Question


"TimW" <SPAMFROMTHECANtwampler@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Perzactly Steve. Still wondering if I could achieve this by just having a
new neck put on an exisiting guitar.

If you find someone who will, let me know.

and Larry, 12 frets clear would be fine. I am assuming if I did what Steve
said and literally just cut two frets out left everything the same that's
what I'd get anyway. I also assume the fret spacing math would need to be
recalculated. I think the zero fret is also a good idea.

If it works with a capo on, I see no reason for changing the fret spacing.

Ed

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"TimW" <SPAMFROMTHECANtwampler@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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Thanks everyone for your comments and insight, I am learning a lot. I
was talking with a freind about this on the phone this morning and it
hit me. I think am going to take one of my inexpensive (but tonaly
nice) guitars to a local luthier and have him replace the neck with
the short scale. Would cost far less and I would have some what of a
tonal benchmark to gauge it by. So now the question is, exacty what
scale length. Oops this just hit me too, what about bridge placement,
will it need to be moved?

Also I looked at the Hoffman, nice guitar but strill I want a larger
body, at 15" at lower bout.

Again thanks,

Tim, if I recall the original post, you were intersted in a guitar that
would act like a Capo II guitar, no other changes, right?

The easiest way I know to test out your theory is to have a luthier
install a nut behind the 2nd fret and turn it into a zero fret. It would
probably be necessary to plane the fingerboard down, behind the new nut,
to get a decent break angle over the new nut and you'd need a string
guide where the old nut is.

I've seen a lot of talk about scale changes and I don't think that's what
you were originally after. You don't need to change the scale length to
achieve what I think you were after. You would end with a concert pitch
tuned guitar with F# to F#. Changing the scale and moving the bridge
will change fret spacing and where the 12th(10th) fret meets the body.

Basically you'd like to be able to cut out the 1st and 2nd fret areas on
the fingerboard and move the head stock/nut to the 2nd fret. No other
changes would be needed. This is what Lance did for Todd.

Steve Hawkins




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