another fret scale calculator

[Bob Hammond]

Hi, I ran across this online fret scale calculator called Fret2Find. It produces full size templates for standard and multiscale instruments. There are various options, and in addition to the templates, data tables are provided each string.

http://www.ekips.org/tools/guitar/fretfind2d/

I didn't see a link to this site on the Links page, so if the page is ever updated this might be tacked on.

[Bob Hammond]

I did some printouts of the templates at home, and at work (the pinch-penny accountants can bill me for the paper and electrons at their leisure). I examined the printouts with a precision Pratt & Whitney rule that I acquired from the estate of a Detroit tool & diemaker.

The home HP photo-printer was not horribly bad, but not good. The work printer produced crisp lines that were very very close when compared to the precision P&W rule at 100ths scale, with a Mad-Eye Moody 10x eyepiece.

[Michael Sankey]

I've used that calculator too. It's very comprehensive. You can even usee it for multiscale instruments, or even just temperament etc. I'd just been making printouts on my home epson, and I figured that even if it doesn't scale absolutely, it will at least be consistent in its error, so close enough for me.