Rayk
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In speaking with Pittpastor I mentioned I’d take some measurements.
In doing so I found out that wow ! there’s more to guitar comfort then just scale length and nut widths along with string spacing . Yeah I know “ Body shape and size and neck shape “ Duh !!!
Ok so I mentioned in Pitts thread on the Arcos series that the two most comfortable guitars as far as playability are my Blueridge dread and the guild F47 followed by the Cv-1
My F212xlce and my Custom build a little harder but now I’m scratching my head why ? The 12 string is a no brainer wide neck and huge boby .
Let me mention this to , I play all my acoustic guitars with the lower bout on top of my right leg , maybe it’s because of my fat belly but I’ve been playing that way forever .
Let’s get the specs on my guitars , I’m a little surprised because there all pretty much the same !
The thing that varied a bit was string spacing at the nut.
I just used a American standard tape measure so nothing exact .
Guild Cv-1
Nut - 1 3/4
String width at nut over all - 1 1/2
String width at bridge over all - 2 1/8
Scale length - 24 3/4
Guild F47 GSR
Nut - 1 11/16
String space at nut over all - 1 7/16
String spacing at bridge - 2 1/8
Scale length - 24 3/4
Blueridge BR180 A
Nut - 1 3/4
String width at nut over all - 1 1/2
String spacing at bridge over all - 2 1/4
Scale length 24 3/4
Ben wilborn custom
Nut - 1 3/4
String spacing at nut over all - 1 1/2
String spacing at bridge over all - 2 3/16
Scale length - 24 3/4
String spacing between strings varied slightly between models and between each string a tad this way or that except on the custom .
Ok so now what makes one guitar easier to play then the others when their all so similar?
On my custom I was thinking it was a long scale and thought that’s what Ben told me but it’s not so that throws out my reasoning with that excuse lol
Some chording just seems harder to get my fingers on the strings like the neck is much wider then my other guitars but they should be about the same less thickness .
Hey I know let’s measure again lol
Neck widths from nut to 12 fret
Neck thicknesses from nut to 10th fret just before the heal build ups.
Cv-1
NW - 1 11/16” - 2 3/16 “
TH - 7/8 - 1”
F47
NW - 1 11/16 - 2 1/8 “
TH - 7/8 - 1”
Blueridge
NW - 1 3/4 - 2 1/4 “
TH - 13/16 - 15/16 “
Custom
NW - 13/4 - 2 1/4”
TH - 13/16 - 13/16 “
K so bodies yeah , I ain’t measuring them lol
I find it all kind of interesting I guess in my case body measurements factor the most but yet the F212xlce
Gives me issues at the nut more so then up the neck witch is obviously wider ?
On my custom it’s the opposite so now I’m all confused ! Only thing I can put together is chord patterns , different tunings different guitars and boby shape ??
You folks are up ! I’m going to record
In doing so I found out that wow ! there’s more to guitar comfort then just scale length and nut widths along with string spacing . Yeah I know “ Body shape and size and neck shape “ Duh !!!
Ok so I mentioned in Pitts thread on the Arcos series that the two most comfortable guitars as far as playability are my Blueridge dread and the guild F47 followed by the Cv-1
My F212xlce and my Custom build a little harder but now I’m scratching my head why ? The 12 string is a no brainer wide neck and huge boby .
Let me mention this to , I play all my acoustic guitars with the lower bout on top of my right leg , maybe it’s because of my fat belly but I’ve been playing that way forever .
Let’s get the specs on my guitars , I’m a little surprised because there all pretty much the same !
The thing that varied a bit was string spacing at the nut.
I just used a American standard tape measure so nothing exact .
Guild Cv-1
Nut - 1 3/4
String width at nut over all - 1 1/2
String width at bridge over all - 2 1/8
Scale length - 24 3/4
Guild F47 GSR
Nut - 1 11/16
String space at nut over all - 1 7/16
String spacing at bridge - 2 1/8
Scale length - 24 3/4
Blueridge BR180 A
Nut - 1 3/4
String width at nut over all - 1 1/2
String spacing at bridge over all - 2 1/4
Scale length 24 3/4
Ben wilborn custom
Nut - 1 3/4
String spacing at nut over all - 1 1/2
String spacing at bridge over all - 2 3/16
Scale length - 24 3/4
String spacing between strings varied slightly between models and between each string a tad this way or that except on the custom .
Ok so now what makes one guitar easier to play then the others when their all so similar?
On my custom I was thinking it was a long scale and thought that’s what Ben told me but it’s not so that throws out my reasoning with that excuse lol
Some chording just seems harder to get my fingers on the strings like the neck is much wider then my other guitars but they should be about the same less thickness .
Hey I know let’s measure again lol
Neck widths from nut to 12 fret
Neck thicknesses from nut to 10th fret just before the heal build ups.
Cv-1
NW - 1 11/16” - 2 3/16 “
TH - 7/8 - 1”
F47
NW - 1 11/16 - 2 1/8 “
TH - 7/8 - 1”
Blueridge
NW - 1 3/4 - 2 1/4 “
TH - 13/16 - 15/16 “
Custom
NW - 13/4 - 2 1/4”
TH - 13/16 - 13/16 “
K so bodies yeah , I ain’t measuring them lol
I find it all kind of interesting I guess in my case body measurements factor the most but yet the F212xlce
Gives me issues at the nut more so then up the neck witch is obviously wider ?
On my custom it’s the opposite so now I’m all confused ! Only thing I can put together is chord patterns , different tunings different guitars and boby shape ??
You folks are up ! I’m going to record
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