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Shane Woonton
PostPosted: Tue Nov 19, 2013 9:39 pm 
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Planning to use a Manzer-style wedge on my current build. For those who have used this approach before, how much side-to-side difference have you used to achieve a "comfortable" result?

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James Ringelspaugh
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A .75-1" change in depth from lower bout to lower bout has worked well for me depending on size... .75" for a 00/classical sized, 1" for a dreadnought.
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I've only done one, which was .75" difference on a 15" lower bout. Feels a little much to me. I'll be sticking to .5" in the future.
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Shane Woonton wrote:
... how much...to achieve a "comfortable" result?

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Shane



Well they say "Too much is just enough" laughing6-hehe Or is that about stubbies?

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Shane Woonton
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Thanks guys. Sounds like 0.75" is the place to start. It's 15.25" across. Will post some pics when complete.

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