Lap Steel Build Scale Layout

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The German
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Lap Steel Build Scale Layout

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When marking out the scale for fret placement, does one start up against the nut or from the middle of the nut. I'm going to mark out a 24.5 scale on my fret board but wasn't sure of the placement. Thanks
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azureskys
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Re: Lap Steel Build Scale Layout

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Start your scale right where the strings make contact with the nut , some advice is to get your self a scale rule it has all the fret lines marked on it and all ya gotta do is make your lines for the frets where they are indicated and presto you have it all marked where you want them to be , or copy a given scale from an instrument . Hope this helps you . Russ
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Re: Lap Steel Build Scale Layout

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As Russ says, from the point of contact.
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