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Post subject: Re: Slinky
Posted: Fri May 09, 2014 10:12 am
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Speaking of logarithms rediscovered, I wonder what the rise and run of a set of stairs would have to be in order to get a curving, stretching Slinky coil spacing to approximate a Dingwall fretboard. Now there's a test question for the Math and Physics geniuses among us. Extra points if you show your work.

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Post subject: Re: Slinky
Posted: Fri May 09, 2014 10:36 am
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Here's your answer!


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Post subject: Re: Slinky
Posted: Fri May 09, 2014 10:51 am
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Well I have made a reverb unit using a slinky, speaker, a contact mike, cork, and a metal plate and it works pretty good for what it is. Here is a link
http://tapeop.com/tutorials/76/diy-reverb/
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Post subject: Re: Slinky
Posted: Fri May 09, 2014 12:43 pm
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Screamin Armadillo wrote:
mhowell wrote:
Yes, yes it does.

Apparently some folks don't know what a slinky is.

Get one of those, hold one end and let the other end drop. Let it settle and, voila, there's your fret scale.

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I know what a slinky is...I had never heard this method of measuring out the proper scale for a guitar. Does this really work?

Interesting.

I seriously doubt it would really work. But it did line up fairly close to my fretboard.

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Post subject: Re: Slinky
Posted: Fri May 09, 2014 8:56 pm
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I certainly know what a Slinky is too,I was born long before they came to market with their annoying jingle they used::
It's Slinky,it's Slinky,oh what a wonder toy,
It's Slinky,it's Slinky,for every girl and boy.
Everyone knows it's Slinky.
That jingle came on so much that it gave me dysentery. I never was tempted to have one,largely because of the annoying ad.It looks like now I may have to get rid of my Stew-Mac fret spacing template and break down and buy a Slinky after all.

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Post subject: Re: Slinky
Posted: Sat May 10, 2014 8:01 am
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guitslinger wrote:
It looks like now I may have to get rid of my Stew-Mac fret spacing template and break down and buy a Slinky after all.


Template? All you need is the scale length and a ruler. The rest is just calculations.

I've toyed with the idea of getting a fretless neck from Warmoth, twist the bridge a few degrees, and add slightly fanned frets. I'd get a tad more space between the frets on the high fret treble strings, and a tad less spacing between the low fret bass strings, both of which I would consider a benefit for lead guitar.
There would be no template for that :)


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Posted: Sat May 10, 2014 9:36 am
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Without an angled nut to go with your angled bridge you would encounter issues.

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Posted: Sat May 10, 2014 1:43 pm
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:arrow: It might make a "slinkety sound" :roll: :lol:


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Posted: Sat May 10, 2014 9:13 pm
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BMW-KTM wrote:
Without an angled nut to go with your angled bridge you would encounter issues.


No, that's not true. Think about it.
The reason for also putting an angle on the nut is to be able to fan the strings more without getting too sharp angles near the pickup. And I'm after a subtler difference.

Perhaps an example will clarify: With both the bridge and nut angled in different directions, which is most common, you get one fret near the middle that's perpendicular to the neck. Nothing stops you from capoing that fret, and you'll have the exact same shape as if the nut is straight and the bridge twisted. No problems.

If I twisted the bridge to a scale length of 25.25" on the bass side and 25.75" on the treble side, the frets would have to be angled so that at the highest fret, the treble side would be around 3/16" further down than normal, and 3/16" further up on the bass side. That seems reasonable.


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