Lap Steel Guitar Fretboard Dimensions

This is a clear acrylic fretboard laser engraved with fret markings for a 23 inch scale.

Lap steel guitar fretboard dimensions. They are 24 1 4 24 and 22 5 scale. If you are looking for a down loadable fret board this would be a great deal for you. These were designed for use on our 2x4 lap steel kit just but the top edge up against the nut and use small screws like these to screw it down this piece is 1 8 clear acrylic peel off the blue film to expose the clear plastic and measures 2 75 wide by 17 5 long. You could assemble the fret board right on the guitar or do as i did and glue it up and mark it off before i attached it to the guitar.

The pdf download file available now. Here are the dimensions of my national console 8 scale length 23 overall length 32 5 width at the widest point 6 string height above fretboard 0 5 bridge to pickup magnets 1 5 the national is an asymmetrical guitar with an extension on the far side for the jack socket and controls. Fretboard calculator when building a guitar or bass and cutting your own fretboard slots versus buying a pre slotted fretboard it s very important that the fret slots be cut accurately. Just 4 and instantly down loadable.

Calculate fret placement for guitar bass banjo mandolin dulcimer and more in inches or metric. Building a basic lap steel guitar. The fret markers are screen printed onto anodised aluminium just like the early fender and rickenbacker steel guitars for that authentic vintage look. Can be trimmed to fit the width of a 6 or 8 string lap steel or a 10 string lap or pedal steel guitar.

In this my first instructable i will attempt to chronicle the construction of a simple lap steel guitar. The end product should be 2 1 4 wide by 1 8 to 1 4 thick by. If your 1930 s gibson l oo for example measures 12 3 8 at the 12th fret then your guitar s scale length is twice that a 24 3 4 scale. I designed this page to calculate where each fret slot should be cut measured both from the nut to fret and from the fret to bridge.