f.j.w. -> RE: Big guitar vs small guitar (Aug. 23 2016 7:32:42)
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Thank you very much for your thoughts so far. Eichi, Yes I will use a plan. I have not seen the plan of the Santos that you suggest. I will get myself a copy. The measurements would still be interesting though. John, I am aware of the issue of compensation. This is not something that violin makers worry about, but I do understand the need on a fretted instrument. I am not concerned at this moment about 2mm discrepancy. What I would like to know is if a 670mm guitar has typically has the same body size of a 650mm guitar. The cheap 2nd hand classical guitar that I bought has a scale of 650mm. (The string length is 651.7mm) and the body length is 485mm from the middle of the 12th fret to the end of the instrument. The 19th fret is split into 2 parts by the sound hole. The 12th fret is exactly on the body neck joint. As I understand it this is a bog standard typical guitar layout. So what would people do if they were to make a typical layout for a 670mm guitar? Would they increase the body size to 500mm and maintain the proportions of the distances between the 12th fret, the sound hole, the bridge position and the distance from the bridge to the end of the instrument? The other solution would be to use the same body sizen of 485mm and move the bridge 10mm closer to the end of the instrument and to move the sound hole 4.5mm away from the 12th fret. Or would a typical 670mm instrument be a compromise between these 2 solutions, with a body size of lets say 492.5mm? Andy, I see that you do vary the body size, but you use the same body size of 490mm for a 655mm and a 660mm guitar. Also you use the same body size of 486mm for 640mm guitars and 650mm guitars. So then you must move the bridge a little up or down the instrument to accommodate. This is most interesting! If you were to make a 670mm guitar how long would the body be then? All, Thank you so much. This is already most useful. I have just realised one more thing. If you increase the body length, would you also increase the width of the body or would you just make the body longer? I imagine that this affects the sitting position of the player. Are any of you aware of plans for long scale flamenco guitars, with a scale of more than 660? Frank JW
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