On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 10:45:30 -0500, Silvan
wrote:
wrote:

You can get the wood you need - either in kits or rectangular pieces
palned to thickness.

Not worried about the planing, but...

You should DEFINATELY get a pre cut Fret board - the formula for the

...a pre-cut fretboard seems like it might just be worth the bother. I've
got a chart right here telling me just where they need to go, but I have no
idea how to measure to four decimal places across 26" or whatever I pick
for the scale length. Seems like some real good opportunities to screw the
pooch on that deal.


Wasn't the old rule of thumb the "Rule of 17?"

The distance to the next fret is 1/17th the remaining distance down the
neck?

Seems you could make slide-rule device with a logarithmic scale to
calculate that measure directly.