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echo008

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Epic Six String Spacing?
« on: October 28, 2014, 05:24:07 PM »
Hello, Can someone please tell the standard factory spacing for an Epic 6 string in millimeters?
17, 18, 19mm
 
Thank you.
 - Tom
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mica

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Epic Six String Spacing?
« Reply #1 on: October 28, 2014, 07:34:12 PM »
It's hard to compare this to other makers that use center to center spacing since we use side to side spacing at the bridge. Here's the details:
 
string center 1 to 2 = 0.68   (17.46mm)
string center 2 to 3 = 0.71   (17.91mm)
string center 3 to 4 = 0.73   (18.35mm)
string center 4 to 5 = 0.74   (18.86mm)
string center 5 to 6 = 0.77   (19.47mm)
 
spacing between 1 and 2 = .65   (16.51mm)
spacing between 2 and 3 = .65   (16.51mm)
spacing between 3 and 4 = .65   (16.51mm)
spacing between 4 and 5 = .65   (16.51mm)
spacing between 5 and 6 = .65   (16.51mm)
 
The spacing feels closest to an 18mm center to center spacing, but sorta not really. Sorry it's not an easy answer.

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Epic Six String Spacing?
« Reply #2 on: October 28, 2014, 07:42:01 PM »
Thank you, that actually is a big help.
 - T
“Muscles aching to work, minds aching to create - this is man.”
― John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath