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From: andrew@grkermi.UUCP (Andrew W. Rogers)
Newsgroups: net.music.guitar
Subject: Re: Query on the bridge setup for a 12 string
Message-ID: <581@grkermi.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 24-Aug-85 18:22:43 EDT
Article-I.D.: grkermi.581
Posted: Sat Aug 24 18:22:43 1985
Date-Received: Tue, 27-Aug-85 01:03:18 EDT
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Reply-To: andrew@grkermi.UUCP (Andrew W. Rogers)
Organization: GenRad, Inc., Concord Mass.
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Summary: 

In article <224@tekig4.UUCP> markmo@tekig4.UUCP (Mark Morland) writes:
>What is the correct spacing between the octave paired strings?
>
>I'm sorry I haven't measured yet, but my bridge pieces have 2
>sets of grooves worn into them.  They seem to be spaced either too
>close or too far apart.  When I set up a new bridge, I'll split
>the difference unless some net.wisdom can help.

Hi!  Glad to see that net.music.guitar finally got off the ground; I 
expect to be a frequent contributor even though I haven't been even a
semi-pro guitarist in almost a decade.

Now to your question:  I examined a representative sampling of 12-strings
(acoustic and electric) and noticed no consistent spacing.  However, it
did seem that the spacing at the bridge was a fairly constant 1.5 times
the spacing at the nut.  Hope that helps...

Andrew W. Rogers

P.S.:  Any other Danelectro/Coral/Silvertone/whatever else they called 'em
fans out there?  Love to hear from you!