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Red Special » Making » Designing » Fretboard

Designing the fretboard of Brian May's Red Special

The dimensions of the fretboard should have already been created from designing the neck. Simply copy the fretboard area from your neck design and mark on your new plan all the markings or the frets and fret markers.

Fret Positions

 IncrementFrom zero fret
Zero0mm0mm
1st34.237mm34.237mm
2nd32.315mm66.552mm
3rd30.502mm97.054mm
4th28.790mm125.844mm
5th27.174mm153.018mm
6th25.649mm178.667mm
7th24.209mm202.876mm
8th22.850mm225.726mm
9th21.568mm247.294mm
10th20.357mm267.651mm
11th19.215mm286.866mm
12th18.136mm305.002mm
13th17.118mm322.120mm
14th16.158mm338.278mm
15th15.251mm353.529mm
16th14.395mm367.924mm
17th13.587mm381.511mm
18th12.824mm394.335mm
19th12.104mm406.439mm
20th11.425mm417.864mm
21st10.784mm428.648mm
22nd10.179mm438.827mm
23rd9.607mm448.434mm
24th9.068mm457.502mm
Bridge152.498mm610.000mm

Radius

To radius the fretboard can be acheived in more than one way.

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