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Re: MEASURE YOUR GIRTH
Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 10:01 am
by ajish4
John,
THANK YOU very much for taking the time to make that database available to us!
It's GREAT!
What a fantastic reference tool!
..................NOW COME TO SERF...........................P L E A S E.....................
Re: MEASURE YOUR GIRTH
Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 10:14 pm
by cjj
cjj wrote:OK, here are a couple more. I'd forgotten about this, I should have measured my 2009 4003 while I had it...
Anyway, my '76 4001 AG & '84 4003 MG:
Measurements are in cm
Girth: '76 '84
1st: 11.139 11.679
3rd: 11.653 11.965
12th: 13.203 13.324
Front to Back:
'76 '84
1st: 2.419 2.475
7th: 2.350 2.428
12th: 2.400 2.456
16th: 2.465 2.428
Width: '76 '84
Nut: 4.200 4.249
12th: 5.320 5.363
I was just looking at the spread sheet, I should add a bit more data about my entries so they have everything:
1976-11 4001 Azureglo
1984-06 4003 Mapleglo
Re: MEASURE YOUR GIRTH
Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 10:33 pm
by 4003
1967 4001 (in cm)
1st 10.8
3rd 11.2
12th 12.6
1986 4003
1st 11.0
3rd 11.3
12th 13.0
It is amazing to me the different feel that just a couple of cm makes. That '67 is so slim!
Re: MEASURE YOUR GIRTH
Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 11:03 pm
by basmansam
My '75 FL 4001 White (yellowed) with White Trim:
10.9 - 1rst Dot (fret)
11.3 - 3rd Dot
11.9 - 7th Dot
12.9 - 12th Dot
Re: MEASURE YOUR GIRTH
Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 11:59 pm
by fenbass
My August 07 in Jetglo
1st...11.4
3rd...11.8
12th..13.5
I had a July 07 that the neck was bigger,more of a D profile front to back....the August is more like a C profile front to back
Re: MEASURE YOUR GIRTH
Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 1:22 pm
by johnallg
Thanks to all for the measurements - they have been added to the database. Since Jeff Scott's friend was kind enough to give RRF an FTP site, I now have the database located there. That place will now be the repository, and the one on my site will be gone.
http://rrf.mcx.net/Rick_400x_Neck_Measurements.xls
Tony, I wish I could make SERF.... just too much going on at work to be able to go. Oh, and there is a section on 4004 basses.
Re: MEASURE YOUR GIRTH
Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 6:11 am
by MattB
What else to do when you can't sleep? Measure guitar necks!
Sep 1980 4001MG:
1st: 11.2cm
3rd: 11.5
12th: 12.9
July 2006 4003AFG:
1st: 11.7cm
3rd: 12.2
12th: 13.6
Oct 2008 4003MID:
1st: 11.1cm
3rd: 11.6
12th: 13.2
Great database John. Thanks for maintaining it.
Re: MEASURE YOUR GIRTH
Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 6:58 am
by wints
4003 wrote:1967 4001 (in cm)
1st 10.8
3rd 11.2
12th 12.6
1986 4003
1st 11.0
3rd 11.3
12th 13.0
It is amazing to me the different feel that just a couple of cm makes. That '67 is so slim!
Bob, have we seen pix of the 67?
Re: MEASURE YOUR GIRTH
Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 10:03 am
by teeder
Bob, have we seen pix of the 67?
+1!
Re: MEASURE YOUR GIRTH
Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 8:06 pm
by johnallg
MattB wrote:What else to do when you can't sleep? Measure guitar necks!
Sep 1980 4001MG:
1st: 11.2cm
3rd: 11.5
12th: 12.9
July 2006 4003AFG:
1st: 11.7cm
3rd: 12.2
12th: 13.6
Oct 2008 4003MID:
1st: 11.1cm
3rd: 11.6
12th: 13.2
Great database John. Thanks for maintaining it.
Matt, yours are now in also - if I deserve any credit it is only for making the database. Jeff Thomas conceived taking the measurements and posting them.
And Bob, yes, pics of the '67!
Re: MEASURE YOUR GIRTH
Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 10:21 am
by cassius987
MattB wrote:July 2006 4003AFG:
1st: 11.7cm
3rd: 12.2
12th: 13.6
Oct 2008 4003MID:
1st: 11.1cm
3rd: 11.6
12th: 13.2
Holy sh** that's quite a difference. Wish you had a 2007 also so I could get an idea what it was like compared to your 08. My 2007 and 2008 are exactly the same in terms of neck profile and just over 1 year apart from each other in date of origin.
Re: MEASURE YOUR GIRTH
Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 11:21 am
by rickaddict
johnallg wrote:MattB wrote:What else to do when you can't sleep? Measure guitar necks!
Sep 1980 4001MG:
1st: 11.2cm
3rd: 11.5
12th: 12.9
July 2006 4003AFG:
1st: 11.7cm
3rd: 12.2
12th: 13.6
Oct 2008 4003MID:
1st: 11.1cm
3rd: 11.6
12th: 13.2
Great database John. Thanks for maintaining it.
Matt, yours are now in also - if I deserve any credit it is only for making the database. Jeff Thomas conceived taking the measurements and posting them.
You do deserve credit, John for conceiving a better way to list and store the data! High five from me! (smack!)
Do people still give high five's, or is that soooo twenty years ago?!
And btw, The Oct 2008 4003MID above surprises me. That really
is a small neck!
I'll have to measure some more of mine soon.
Re: MEASURE YOUR GIRTH
Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 2:32 pm
by MattB
cassius987 wrote:
Holy sh** that's quite a difference. Wish you had a 2007 also so I could get an idea what it was like compared to your 08. My 2007 and 2008 are exactly the same in terms of neck profile and just over 1 year apart from each other in date of origin.
Surprising, isn't it? Needless to say I was surprised and somewhat disappointed at the chunkiness of the '09 FG I checked out when I bought the MID. They had another '08 MID with similar neck dimensions although a bit narrower and thicker front to back. I went with the one that had a broader fretboard and more D-shaped feel to it... The differences between the two MID necks were the sort of subtle variations I expected between hand-made instruments.
Re: MEASURE YOUR GIRTH
Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 2:35 pm
by teeder
Do people still give high five's, or is that soooo twenty years ago
My 3 yr old daughter gives me hi-5's, so it must still be in!
Re: MEASURE YOUR GIRTH
Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 2:47 pm
by rickaddict
teeder wrote:Do people still give high five's, or is that soooo twenty years ago
My 3 yr old daughter gives me hi-5's, so it must still be in!
Oh good!
But wait...she's only 3 years old?...Where did she learn to high five? Was it from her parents?
That may negate the whole thing.
If she likes Led Zeppelin because you listen to it, is it in vogue with the "new generation?"
Uh-oh...Now I've confused myself!