Fret distances

[Exile252]

I'm thinking about making a custom bass, Though I'm not sure what the fret spacing should be for a 36" 5 String neck. Does anyone here know what would generally be the best fret sizes all down the neck?

Thanks guys.

[The Burpster]

OOoooooh A techie question, off to techie for you!

Bob

[Chopthebass]

[quote name='Exile252' post='162793' date='Mar 24 2008, 07:21 PM']I'm thinking about making a custom bass, Though I'm not sure what the fret spacing should be for a 36" 5 String neck. Does anyone here know what would generally be the best fret sizes all down the neck?

Thanks guys.[/quote]


If you PM me your email address, I'll send you an Excell programm that calculates the fret spacing for ANY scale length.

Cheers
Ian

[Chopthebass]

[quote name='Exile252' post='162793' date='Mar 24 2008, 07:21 PM']I'm thinking about making a custom bass, Though I'm not sure what the fret spacing should be for a 36" 5 String neck. Does anyone here know what would generally be the best fret sizes all down the neck?

Thanks guys.[/quote]


If you PM me your email address, I'll send you an Excell programm that calculates the fret spacing for ANY scale length.

Cheers
Ian

[Chopthebass]

Or, try this link. It does the same...

[url="http://buildyourguitar.com/resources/fretcalc/jscrptclc.htm"]http://buildyourguitar.com/resources/fretcalc/jscrptclc.htm[/url]

[Exile252]

That is a really complicated math to do lol, and I used to be really good at maths :S

Thanks for the help guys

[ped]

Now apply that to your fretless playing!

[Exile252]

haha, I'll try to work it out whilst playing in realtime