Bridge String Spacing Bullsheet:

[Inspector #20]

So, on my YelloStrat, the outside e to e spacing at the 22nd fret is roughly 1.895" with a fretboard width of 2.187" respectively. This is a phenomenal guitar to play tough/fast/hard accurately with no tendency of the high e to slip off the bevel of the fret.

On my (recently re-acquired) Jackson San Dimas, with a Floyd Rose, the outside e to e spacing at the tremolo Bridge saddles is about 2.085" with the strings very close to the edge of the 2-3/16" fretboard along the length of the neck.

This is so irritating to try and play fast/hard because the high e string is constantly slipping off the beveled edge of the frets.

I was planning on putting a new 1-3/4" Warmoth neck on this (R5) but the string spacing at the 22nd is a deal breaker for me.

How do you guys put up with this B.S???

 

[steveb63]

Check out my Ibanez.
It has almost six inches to the edge Lol.
Very surprised when I got this one, considering my LP with the rolled board is soooo much closer to the edge.

 

[Inspector #20]

Check out my Ibanez.
It has almost six inches to the edge Lol.
Very surprised when I got this one, considering my LP with the rolled board is soooo much closer to the edge.
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That's about right, IMHO

 

[gball]

How do you guys put up with this B.S???

Honest answer: lighten up. I was like you for years: fast and hard, emphasis on hard. After spending time consciously working on lightening my grip and picking my technique and tone improved dramatically, and I was able to control dynamics much better.

 

[Inspector #20]

Honest answer: lighten up. I was like you for years: fast and hard, emphasis on hard. After spending time consciously working on lightening my grip and picking my technique and tone improved dramatically, and I was able to control dynamics much better.

I get that, but once I start "thinking" about my technique, I really lose something in the dynamics of my performance. It becomes dry and boring.

My vibrato can be Zakk Wyldish on my YelloStrat, but I have to scale my expressiveness way, way back on this Jackson, which is a shame because, otherwise. I really like it... :-(

 

[Amp Mad Scientist]

So, on my YelloStrat, the outside e to e spacing at the 22nd fret is roughly 1.895" with a fretboard width of 2.187" respectively. This is a phenomenal guitar to play tough/fast/hard accurately with no tendency of the high e to slip off the bevel of the fret.

On my (recently re-acquired) Jackson San Dimas, with a Floyd Rose, the outside e to e spacing at the tremolo Bridge saddles is about 2.085" with the strings very close to the edge of the 2-3/16" fretboard along the length of the neck.

This is so irritating to try and play fast/hard because the high e string is constantly slipping off the beveled edge of the frets.

I was planning on putting a new 1-3/4" Warmoth neck on this (R5) but the string spacing at the 22nd is a deal breaker for me.

How do you guys put up with this B.S???

I usually use a black and decker electric staple gun with 5/8" X 3/4" brass staples.

 

[Inspector #20]

I usually use a black and decker electric staple gun with 5/8" X 3/4" brass staples.

Now I remember why I didn't like the Jackson. I gave it to a budding guitarist and he gave it back to me after he saved up and bought a new guitar.

 

[Beagle]

I like my string spacing ...

 

[Inspector #20]

I like my string spacing ...

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That's pretty close to the edge for my tastes...

 

[Inspector #20]

I'll take comparison photos later tonight when we are done recording, but here's some old pics I had on hand...

 

[Inspector #20]

The German made Floyd Rose Pro (FRTP100) is the only one produced with narrower, .400" string spacing.

All other Floyd's are .420" spacing.

 

[Inspector #20]

Interesting!!!!

The Jackson and the Schecter both share 2.130" e to e spacing, but the Jackson fretboard is only 2.220" wide at the 22nd fret and the Schecter is a whopping 2.310" wide!!!!

 

[Beagle]

That's pretty close to the edge for my tastes...

I'm used to it after playing Strats since the 1970s

 

[Inspector #20]

I'm used to it after playing Strats since the 1970s

I remember it's one of the things that annoyed me about Stratocasters. I'm kinda putting all these preferences together in a database of what I would like an ideal guitar to be....

 

[Beagle]

I remember it's one of the things that annoyed me about Stratocasters. I'm kinda putting all these preferences together in a database of what I would like an ideal guitar to be....

My ideal guitar would be a brand new just out of the factory 1954 Strat.

 

[Inspector #20]

My ideal guitar would be a brand new just out of the factory 1954 Strat.

I've had a few mid 1950's Stratocasters cross my bench. You really have to love them for that era to appeal to you.

 

[Beagle]

I've had a few mid 1950's Stratocasters cross my bench. You really have to love them for that era to appeal to you.

I only want a new one, not used, until then I'll keep using the MIJ ST54 that I've been playing for the last 25 years.

 

[Inspector #20]

I only want a new one, not used, until then I'll keep using the MIJ ST54 that I've been playing for the last 25 years.

I had a 1987 Squire Stratocaster that I played from 1988 until 2005. It had import string spacing, so it had a lot of room on the fretboard.

@Sp8ctre has it now.

 

[Astral Traveler]

I only want a new one, not used, until then I'll keep using the MIJ ST54 that I've been playing for the last 25 years.

Ummm do I also have a ST54? Or is mine a ST57?

 

[Astral Traveler]

No. It's ST-54.