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| Author: | itswednesday14 [ Mon Apr 17, 2017 5:18 pm ] |
| Post subject: | how much wedge |
How much wedge does it take to make a guitar comfortable? Im thinking anything larger than an OM, smaller than a jumbo. would a 1/2" be enough? |
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| Author: | Alan Carruth [ Tue Apr 18, 2017 1:07 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: how much wedge |
If, by 1/2", you mean adding that much depth to one side, and reducing the other by the same amount, that works well. It's not all that much, but it makes about the same difference in comfort as reducing the width of the lower bout by about an inch. So far as I can tell it makes no real difference in the sound. |
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| Author: | Colin North [ Tue Apr 18, 2017 4:26 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: how much wedge |
I'm just started a wedge gutar build and have been looking at info on this myself - this post makes a similar suggestion to Alan's. http://www.luthiersforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10102&t=2141&p=18080&hilit=wedge+inch+manzer#p18080 This post http://www.luthiersforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10101&t=22794&p=312398&hilit=wedge+inch+manzer#p312398 shows a wedged SJ build made by our very own Fred Tellier at 7/8" difference between treble to bass sides. |
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| Author: | Colin North [ Wed Apr 19, 2017 4:11 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: how much wedge |
itswednesday14 wrote: How much wedge does it take to make a guitar comfortable? Im thinking anything larger than an OM, smaller than a jumbo. would a 1/2" be enough? Just to come back to this question, any wedge will make a guitar "more comfortable", it's surprising how little makes a difference. A while ago, I made 2 OMs at the same time, and wedged one by about 1/8" total from side to side for an older beginner - it was noticably more comfy under the arm, so it depends what you are looking for. So to answer the question, perhaps I should say - 1/2" would be enough to make a guitar noticably more comfortable, without the technical difficulties imposed by what is seen as the the full/normal/standard Manzer wedge. |
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