trying to mark out fret distance for 25 inch scale nut to bridge. not really putting real fret wire in just cutting lines and putting in dots and such. could really use some help. im on vacation building my first. and also with two others. my two grandkids. thanks in advance and nice meeting ya'll

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Hey there,

If you haven't figured this out yet, there are a number of free fret distance calculators online including fret2d and stewmac has one as well.  If you use these always measure every fret you cut from the nut and not the previous fret. 

...or if you have an instrument with a 25" inch scale length you could use this as a guide

...or CB Gitty has a really nice fret guides for 24, 24.5 and 25 inch scale lengths for like $7, probably the easiest option.

I always use 25.5 inches as I made a fret marker from a piece of wood by laying it on the fretboard of 

a normal guitar and copying the frets. Normally I do not use fret wire but saw the frets into the wood up to the 12th fret usually with a fret saw then 

squeeze in a different colour wood filler with a flexible knife. When its dry sand the whole fretboard off.

Works for me 

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According to wFret.com, a 25 inch scale should have the following fret spacing:

-Rand.

thank you all for all your help on figuring this out and for all the great ideas. i went and got that e book from mordacai bondurant and it has some good info in it on all the fret stuff so im good to go now . I wanna say thanks again for the ideas.

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