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Fanned frets: designing a multiscale fretboard

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Fanned frets: designing a multiscale fretboard The first time I saw a guitar with a “fanned” fretboard, what they call fanned frets or multiscale, I thought it was stuff for space luthiers. It seemed incredibly complicated, almost a challenge to the laws of physics applied to strings. And I'll tell you, it is a bit, but not in the … Read more

Treble bleed: Which capacitor and resistor to choose

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Treble bleed: which capacitor and resistor to choose How many times has it happened to you that you lower the volume of your guitar and feel that the sound becomes muddy, dark, without that brilliance you like so much? For me, the first few times, it seemed like the guitar was turning off, not just in volume. I thought it was normal, an inevitable compromise. … Read more

How to Calculate Key Spacing: A Practical Guide

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How to calculate fret spacing: practical guide I still remember the first time I had to deal with calculating fret distances for a guitar neck. I had already assembled a couple of Stratocaster partcasters, but they were always ready-made necks, with the frets in place. The idea of having to mill the … Read more

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