moving from 14 to 12 fret neck joint?

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Re: moving from 14 to 12 fret neck joint?

Post by mike-p » Wed Jul 31, 2013 3:44 pm

from Paul Hostetter;

Just move the braces lower. My 13-fret is basically a 12-fret everything with a longer scale. Bridge and soundhole are pretty much as on the 12-fret Gibson. Something approximately like this;
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