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24.75 What is scale length?
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24.750" fret scale
fret from nut fret to fret
1 1.389" 1.389" (nut1)
2 2.700" 1.311" (12)
3 3.938" 1.238" (23)
4 5.106" 1.168" (34) Notes on fret layout
5 6.208" 1.103" (45) The most accurate way to lay out your scale is making all measurements
6 7.249" 1.041" (56) from the nut (using the "fret to fret" distance only to confirm your layout).
7 8.231" 0.982" (67) Laying out frets only by measuring fret to fret will compound error. For
8 9.158" 0.927" (78) example, if you're laying out frets by marking with a scribe and your
10.034" 0.875" (89)
accuracy is ± (plus or minus) 0.020", you could be off by as much as 1/4" at
9
the 12th fret.
10 10.860" 0.826" (910)
11 11.639" 0.780" (1011)
Measurements are given from the end of the fingerboard (face of the nut) to
12* 12.375" 0.736" (1112)
the center of a fret slot.
13 13.070" 0.695" (1213)
14 13.725" 0.656" (1314)
15 14.344" 0.619" (1415)
16 14.928" 0.584" (1516)
17 15.479" 0.551" (1617)
18 16.000" 0.520" (1718)
19 16.491" 0.491" (1819)
20 16.954" 0.464" (1920)
21 17.392" 0.438" (2021)
22 17.805" 0.413" (2122)
* Frets that are red are "octaves".
Bridge placement for 24.750" scale length
Distance indicated is from the fretboard edge of the nut to center of forwardmost mounting
screw or pivot post.
Telecaster® style bridges 24.993" (± 0.030")
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Stratocaster® style bridges 24.507" (± 0.030")
Nontremolo bridge
Tremolo bridges 24.507" (± 0.030")
Floyd Rose® locking tremolos 24.265" (± 0.030")
Floyd Rose Original
Floyd Rose II & Schaller Floyd Rose 24.204" (± 0.030")
Tuneomatic style bridges 24.811" (± 0.030") from nut to center of
trebleside post. Mount bassside post
1/16"1/8" further from the nut.
Combo Bridge/Tailpieces 24.811" (± 0.030") from nut to center of
trebleside post. Mount bassside post
1/16"1/8" further from the nut.
Other
challer NonTremolo Roller Bridge
S 25.568" (± 0.030")
TopLoading Hardtail Bridge 25.478" (± 0.030")
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