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Permalink Reply by Scott aka Farmer Ted on March 25, 2016 at 12:24pm

If you're designing the neck at a 17" scale, the 14th fret at the body/box is 9.427" from the nut. With a 9" long box, the bridge will be about 1.427" from the tail end of the box, which leaves enough space for adjusting for intonation.

Alternately, to get the bridge a little more away from the tail end of the box, try making the fret board with the 15th or 16th fret at the body/box.

Permalink Reply by Kigar on March 25, 2016 at 2:59pm

I'd suggest to figure out where you want the bridge to be and make the neck accordingly.  If you use a floating bridge it is all a lot easier as you can move it a little bit to adjust the intonation. 

Permalink Reply by gary sheldon on March 29, 2016 at 4:52am

I totally agree with Kigar.