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Topic: A question on fret board scale on pedal steel guitar |
Steven Black
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Gahanna, Ohio, USA
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Posted 5 Feb 2014 8:09 am |
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| What is the most common fret board scale length on a pedal steel guitar, I need to know for the guitar I am building. |
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Storm Rosson
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Silver City, NM. USA
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Posted 5 Feb 2014 9:02 am
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 prolly 24" but 24 1/4 is also fairly common. There are other scale lengths in use but imo these are the most common. You will soon have a plethora of answers once some of the guys see this post  ...Stormy |
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Jack Stoner
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Kansas City, MO
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Posted 5 Feb 2014 10:49 am
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Depends on what you are designing yours after.
My Franklin, is 24 1/4".
If my memory servers me right, Emmons and Zum and probably others are 24 1/4" scale. Sho-Bud's and Carter's are 24". |
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Chris Lucker
From:
Los Angeles, California USA
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Posted 5 Feb 2014 11:34 am
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If you want to build a longer scale eight string, I have some early Sho-Bud fretboards that are likely 25 inch scale. Does that look right. The green neck guitar was converted from 25 to 24 inch scale when it got its longer nine string keyheads.
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Lane Gray
From:
Topeka, KS
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Posted 5 Feb 2014 12:55 pm
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Steven, you asked a question with mangled terms.
"Scale length" means distance from bridge to nut. For most guitars, this number usually means 24 or 24 ¼. A few use 25. That's the question everybody answered, but might not have been the question you wanted.
"Fretboard length" means the distance from the nut end of the fretboard to the bridge end of the fretboard. This will usually end up around 19, as most fretboards have 26 frets. 24 frets will typically run 17 ⅞ (the fretboard doesn't start at the nut, but" in) on 24" guitars and 18 1/16 on 24 ¼ guitars, then you'll add two frets worth.
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2 pedal steels, a lapStrat, and an 8-string Dobro (and 3 ukes)
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Brett Day
From:
Pickens, SC
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Posted 5 Feb 2014 1:31 pm
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| My Jackson Blackjack Custom has the 24 scale fretboard |
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chas smith R.I.P.
From:
Encino, CA, USA
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Posted 5 Feb 2014 9:43 pm
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| And, without getting into a lot of math, the 12 fret is at 1/2 of the string length, measured from the center of the bridge to the center of the nut. |
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Chris Lucker
From:
Los Angeles, California USA
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Posted 5 Feb 2014 10:12 pm
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And fretboards are often trimmed at the nut end or fit into a milled recess under the nut to make a correct starting point
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Chris Lucker
Red Bellies, Bigsbys and a lot of other guitars. |
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