Cigar box frets

suspiciousminds · November 2016

I picked up a fretless tonk bros cigar box guitar last year, now i'de like to mark the fretboard so i can see accurately where to position the slide for playing chords.
Anyone know how to work it out?

olafgarten · November 2016

https://www.stewmac.com/FretCalculator.html

Put in the scale length and number of frets you want.

WezV · November 2016

divide the scale length by 18. thats your nut to first fret distance. Now divide the remaining scale length by 18 again, that's the first to second fret distance

That's the simplest way to describe it. The actual number is 17.817

http://www.liutaiomottola.com/formulae/fret.htm

using the calculators really is the best way

suspiciousminds · November 2016

So, the scale length on a cbg is the distance from the nut to bridge then?

WezV · November 2016

Yeah- the vibrating length of the string. I doubt there is any compensation (bridge slant) but if so go for the thinnest/shortest

suspiciousminds · November 2016

Super, thx

stimpsonslostson · November 2016

I hooked up my tuner and simply moved up the fretboard with my slide marking when I was in tune for g, g#, a, a#, b... It's not perfect, but it's not bad.

WezV · November 2016

stimpsonslostson said:

I hooked up my tuner and simply moved up the fretboard with my slide marking when I was in tune for g, g#, a, a#, b... It's not perfect, but it's not bad.

some would argue that is the only way to get it perfect... like a true temperament neck for a cigar box

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