Hi
Newbie planning on a build, but I'm not a guitar player. It's for my son. How important or should I say is there a finite measurement for the placement of the bridge in relation to the bone nut....?Â
I have seen and used the fret calulator of the Stewmac site, and I have from that worked out that from the bone nut (inside face) to 12th Fret is 323.85mm, so for 25/5 scale doubled is 647.7mm. So am I to conclude that the bridge should be exactly in line where the strings terminate at 647.7mm or there-a-bouts. Only within the image text (Attached) it says that the string length won't match the scale as the saddle position varies.. not that I fully understand that really if I'm honest.
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So does that mean that effectively I could put the bridge further away/or closer than the 647.7mm measurement. I'm a little confused. 🤨
 Excuse the crued drawing but think it explains what I am asking..Â
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Appreciate an expert help, cos I'm struggling with this one.
TIA
Couttsy
The short answer is “thereabouts” because you have some fine adjustment available by moving the saddles back/forwards on the Tele bridge.
I would set my saddles in the middle (ish) of their adjustment range, and then use that middle position to measure the 25.5” distance from the nut. Â
For other bridges, placement measurement is more important because there’s less scope for moving the saddles in order to get the intonation set correctly.
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