Where do you get a fret scale ruller from in the UK?

[BUGGY (C)]

Hi

Does anyone know where to get a fret scale ruler in the UK from

and which is the best and typical scale to use.

 

Thanks for any help

BUG

 

[Slowpaw Steve T]

i made my own fret scale ruler from a plastic one - just taped it to one of my pre-cut fretboards (25.5" scale) and made a nick in the edge of the ruler at each fret - used it for almost every build since, and perfectly accurate! (-:

 

[BUGGY (C)]

Like your thinking....I just got peed off at them nearly being there but not quite...

After getting my Diglydog special, which is spot on ( and truley awsome), as far as I can work out, right to the very top...

I want to build something as good.. it will probably never happen, but need to improve my skills.

I can knock a quick one out... (excuse me !) and they sound ok, but fretting has been my bugbear!

I now have some great tips to try, so lets see what happens.... now I need to learn patience!!! :>( 

and to get over this damn flu!!

[Slowpaw Steve T]

in true CBG HGMC spirit i use the "nerinuff" philosophy, created by the famous Russian philosopher and instrument builder Ivan Taras Stanislav Nerinuff (ITS Nerinuff)...or more commonly known in the west as "iteldoo"

(-;

[BUGGY (C)]

Me 2 ....and thats being accurate for me!! :>)

But keep seeing things on here that make me feel like I should improve....

any old box will do.. or in my case any old thing at all!!!

[the anonymous pick]

and remember  to    use  the german   wrench  method    on  all     screws  and   bolts  ..    make   em  gudentite .  ;-)

[The Phrygian Kid]

Mate if you jump on eBay and buy one slotted fingerboard for $15 or whatever you can just use that. It'll be two and a bit inches wide so you could conceivably rip a half inch or so off one side and keep that for you ruler, and use the remainder for a three string gitt..
You can use any of the slots as the nut or zero position of your ruler, so it's many scale lengths in one..

[BUGGY (C)]

That sounds like a good plan...

I'm usinbg mahogany as my fretboard is that a bad idea?... as the frets fall out!

are you meant to glue them in?

Its like my saw is just a touch to wide... yet its a proper dret saw with a depth guide ?

 

 

[Slowpaw Steve T]

bug, a junior hacksaw with a 32 tpi blade is just right for frets to fit in, a tiny bit of glue will help keep them in when you file the edges down. (below) ...my, what big frets you have!  (-;

[BUGGY (C)]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fF1ylfC1G3Y

Ah yes bought them as use for nuts
Then use smaller ones
On neck
Or a great for a fretless just righht height!

But they is all I had hanging around
And yes they are BIG!!!
Big can be better so the wife says!

[BUGGY (C)]

[BUGGY (C)]

[Michael Fred Johnson]

This is the jig I use for cutting the fret positions, Two bits of left over ceramic tile edging screwed onto a board.Clamp on the fingerboard and use your saw with the teeth rubbed with wax to ease the cutting