fronobulax
Bassist, GAD and the Hot Mess Mods
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So I like numbers, precision and repeatable analysis. If I want to compare two guitar necks what are the measurements I might want to take? I'm interested in comparing the necks, not, for example, the action or how much saddle is left.
Scale length.
Length of the nut.
Width of the fingerboard at some known place - 12th fret, perhaps?
"Thickness", also measured at the nut and 12th fret?
Anything else that would be useful?
I also know profile makes a difference and I seem to recall C and V as being common descriptions. Are there others?
I am interested to see whether there is any difference between my bass necks and someone who knows of Mrs. Fro's interest in a F-30 wanted to know how the neck differed from her D-25 and that is hard to answer without an F-30 available. Measurements are the next best thing.
Thanks.
Scale length.
Length of the nut.
Width of the fingerboard at some known place - 12th fret, perhaps?
"Thickness", also measured at the nut and 12th fret?
Anything else that would be useful?
I also know profile makes a difference and I seem to recall C and V as being common descriptions. Are there others?
I am interested to see whether there is any difference between my bass necks and someone who knows of Mrs. Fro's interest in a F-30 wanted to know how the neck differed from her D-25 and that is hard to answer without an F-30 available. Measurements are the next best thing.
Thanks.