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Darryl Young

Post subject: 00 Body

Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2011 11:27 am

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While I have a tracing of the braces and a mold and bending form for a Martin 00 body from John Hall, I don't have dimensions of the side profile. The websites I've looked at have the body depth at the tail at 4 1/8" (same as a 000) but I haven't found the depth at the neck block. Is that the correct depth? Can someone give me the depth at the neck block?

This is deeper than I would have expected for a 00 body. For the folks that have built or played a 00 body, does the depth work ok? What are your thoughts about decreasing the depth a bit?

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WilliamS

Post subject: Re: 00 Body

Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2011 11:54 am

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If I recall Martin 00's are 3 1/4" at the neck block and 4 1/8" at the tail. I have definitely played some older 00's that were more like 4", though. I think that most builders are in the 4-4 1/4 range.

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MikeyV

Post subject: Re: 00 Body

Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2011 1:33 pm

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The numbers I've heard, and the ones I go with are 3-1/4" at the neck and 4-1/16" at the tail. These are Martin's standard dimensions (I believe)

These include the top and back plates.

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Mark Chinworth

Post subject: Re: 00 Body

Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2011 1:47 am

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Christophe Grellier has some nice plans on his website

http://www.grellier.fr/plans.php?lang=en

His plans show 3-3/8" at the neck block including the soundboard and back

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Darryl Young

Post subject: Re: 00 Body

Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2011 11:24 am

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Thanks everyone for the feedback! Appreciated.

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Clay S.

Post subject: Re: 00 Body

Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2011 6:17 pm

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For a 12 fret OO I usually go 4 1/4 at the tail and 3 1/2 at the neck. I think the OO are usually deeper than the OOO's.

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