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I have a luthier made guitar and Ricardo Sanchis 2AF - I find the latter more comfortable to play and realised it was largely down to string spacing.
Luthier made guitar has 12 hole tieblock string spacing at bridge=56mm spacing at nut=41mm Fretboard width at nut=51mm Fretboard width at 12th fret=60mm
Sanchis measurenents are: string spacing at bridge=59.5mm spacing at nut=42mm Fretboard width at nut=51mm Fretboard width at 12th fret=62mm
I'd like your thoughts on how feasible it is to have the string spacing on my luthier made guitar increased.
Cutting a nut with a 1mm wider spacing is I'm sure a no brainer ...but the bridge issue concerns me. I am assuming that adding say 3mm to the spacing (making a new tie block, I presume?) would be a problem without the fretboard width higher up the neck to accommodate it.
RE: Increasing string spacing (in reply to krichards)
Ah the first one yes, the second one no, thanks for that. Interesting that Tele had exact same issue and measurements as me.
Seems general consensus is to replace bridge, which is going to be very expensive. I guess Orson's replaced tie block is an option too, though my question was really about the feasibility anyway considering my neck width - 60mm at 12th fret. From what you're suggesting (increase spacing to 58mm_ it looks like i'd have to pay a lot to get not quite what I want, so maybe best option is to sell.
RE: Increasing string spacing (in reply to krichards)
59 might be big but it hits the spot to some players. My favourite is 60mm.
I have for sale a 59mm hole drilling block. I filled the old 56spacing holes with black epoxy and round rosewood 1.5mm sticks and redrilled with 1.5mm drill bit with extension with electric drill. Worked perfectly.
Selling a guitar that you like or making a new tie block(which I considered) seems too difficult when you can just redrill with proper jig.
I have 60.5mm fb width at 12th fret and 59mm has enough clearance on both sides. You can also drill so that treble has bit more than bass
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RE: Increasing string spacing (in reply to Blondie#2)
I find that 5 mm between the center of the first string and the edge of the fb is necessary for many players to avoid pulling the string off the fb when doing ligados.
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