How to make a Kite Guitar: Difference between revisions
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The small dots on the side of the neck follow the same single/double/triple pattern. The double and triple dots are oriented like the usual 12-equal double dots. Further up the neck, the triple dots are too wide to fit between the frets, but this is not a problem. | The small dots on the side of the neck follow the same single/double/triple pattern. The double and triple dots are oriented like the usual 12-equal double dots. Further up the neck, the triple dots are too wide to fit between the frets, but this is not a problem. | ||
Because the frets get closer as one goes up the neck, the double dots are closer to the triple dots than the single dots. As a result, if the distance between the double dots is the same as the distance between any two of the triple dots, the side of each "kite" formed by the dots is a concave line. To make a nice straight line, the distance between the double dots needs to be increased by a factor of 2/(1+2^(-8/41)) = about 1.0675, i.e. 6.75% greater. | |||
== String Gauges == | == String Gauges == | ||