|
Author
|
Topic: fret board calculations
|
Randy Reeves
Member From: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
|
posted 17 August 2005 05:57 AM
profile send email edit
I did a search for the math in laying out a fret board. could not find it.I want to redo a fret board for a lap steel I made.
22.5 inches. I knowI saw thart post here.
where or where...? |
Jay Fagerlie
Member From: Lotus, California, USA
|
posted 17 August 2005 06:06 AM
profile send email edit
Hey Randy,
I think the name of the program is "Fretcalc"Jay |
Rick Aiello
Member From: Berryville, VA USA
|
posted 17 August 2005 06:12 AM
profile send email edit
http://www.stewmac.com/FretCalculator/ ------------------
Aiello's House of Gauss
My wife and I don't think alike. She donates money to the homeless and I donate money to the topless! ... R. Dangerfield
|
Randy Reeves
Member From: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
|
posted 17 August 2005 06:19 AM
profile send email edit
thanks.fretcalc worked.
perhaps it was another foum where I saw the number used to calculate the layout of a 22.5 inch fretboard.
|
Cris Linscott
Member From: Cornwall, UK
|
posted 17 August 2005 07:05 AM
profile send email edit
Randy
I used this one for a 22.5 scale
http://www.buildyourguitar.com/resources/lapsteel/table.pdf It comes from Martin Kochs very useful site http://www.buildyourguitar.com Cris[This message was edited by Cris Linscott on 17 August 2005 at 07:07 AM.] |
Randy Reeves
Member From: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
|
posted 17 August 2005 07:54 AM
profile send email edit
thanks Chris. that is a very nice chart. I havent seen that site before,
it's bookmarked.  |
Gary Spaeth
Member From: Wisconsin, USA
|
posted 26 August 2005 01:40 PM
profile send email edit
take your scale and multiply it by the 1/12th power of 1/2 (0.94327431). that will be the distance from the bridge to the first fret. keep multiplying your results by 0.94237431 for subsequent frets till you have the number of desired frets. this works for any scale you desire. eg. 22.5 X 0.94237431=21.237172 which is the distance from the bridge to the first fret. 21.237172 X 0.94237431=20.045221 for bridge to 2nd fret etc. etc. if you do it right when you get to the 12th fret it will be 1/2 the scale length. at the 24 it will be 1/4. now isn't math fun! |
Randy Reeves
Member From: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
|
posted 26 August 2005 02:21 PM
profile send email edit
ow. my head hurts.actually, I am quite comfortable with decimals. thanks all for the great responses. I just double checked my layout using this last post. it's right on. now I need to come up with interesting fret markers. |
Gary Spaeth
Member From: Wisconsin, USA
|
posted 27 August 2005 02:17 PM
profile send email edit
how about little square root markers. haha! |
The Steel Guitar Forum
