thunderider Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 dunno if this is the right place but....im looking to have a body made,either like an ovation magnum or lacey helix,some odd shape.i shall be using the hardware and neck from an ibanez gsr 200 as they seem to be worthless on a resale value!! but is there a specific distance from the bridge to the nut ect or is the no rule of thumb? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 Bridge to the 12th fret=the same as the nut to the 12th fret. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommorichards Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 for a 34" scale bass, which that one almost certainly is, its 34 inches from the nut to where the string makes contact with the bridge. As for a specific distance from the nut to the front of the bridge, you'll have to go by the saddles. When i made mine, i moved my bridge so that the 34" was to the centre of the bridge saddles when the saddles were half an inch back from their maximum forward distance. hope it helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingrayPete1977 Posted December 24, 2012 Share Posted December 24, 2012 Even Leo Fender cocked this up on the Stingray after builing basses for more than 35 years! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mart Posted December 24, 2012 Share Posted December 24, 2012 Basses come with different "scale length"s (the distance from bridge to nut). 34" is pretty common, but 35" and 32" occur quite a lot too. However, the length determines the fret positions, so if you have a fretted neck (or a fretless neck with any sort of position markers), then you must stick to the same scale length as that neck. To work out what that length is, you need this rule: [quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1356304504' post='1909108'] Bridge to the 12th fret=the same as the nut to the 12th fret. [/quote] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thunderider Posted December 24, 2012 Author Share Posted December 24, 2012 cheers all that seems pretty straight forward! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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