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Post by Auf Kiltre on Jul 22, 2020 9:37:53 GMT -5
Is it to impress me that you have the world's most awesomest ruler?
2/32 is the best I can do. I feel so ashamed.
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Post by Leftee on Jul 22, 2020 10:16:33 GMT -5
4/64” makes me feel fat.
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Post by Auf Kiltre on Jul 22, 2020 10:21:22 GMT -5
I am not fat! Just because I play my guitar like Jeff Healey...standing up...
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Post by Leftee on Jul 22, 2020 10:57:29 GMT -5
I am not fat! Just because I play my guitar like Jeff Healey...standing up... LOL! 🏆 |
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Post by windmill on Jul 22, 2020 17:38:31 GMT -5
I'm a reductionist So its 1/16 for me  |
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Post by Peegoo 🏁 on Jul 22, 2020 18:12:04 GMT -5
Feh!
Real men go with 8/128" or nothing at all.
If you didn't know, a gnat's arse is exactly 1/128" in diameter.
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Post by Pinetree on Jul 22, 2020 18:15:00 GMT -5
4/64ths is the most accurate way of seeing the fine markings on the world's most awesomest ruler.
Which I own.
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Post by funkykikuchiyo on Jul 22, 2020 19:05:46 GMT -5
4/64ths is the most accurate way of seeing the fine markings on the world's most awesomest ruler. Which I own. Darn straight. Tried cheaper ones, the end grinding always throws them off if any of your measurements involve butting the ruler up against something. Close to $30 for a 6" ruler sounds nuts, but they don't really wear out.
In seriousness, there are two potential answers to the original question: 1) the guy giving the measurements just plops a ruler down and counts lines, and doesn't care to alter it to something clearer. Or, 2) It is to indicate precision. Precision is different from accuracy. For example, if I say a quarter of an inch and if I say .250" I'm talking about the same linear quantity, but .250" implies accuracy at least to the hundredths, the thousandths being the last expressed decimal place is allowed to be a little fuzzy. My high school chemistry teacher beat this into us, and he'd be quite glad to know I remembered it. I'm not sure if the same will apply to fractional measurements in the strictest environments, but it still could be the intent of whomever wrote it. |
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Post by Pinetree on Jul 22, 2020 21:44:31 GMT -5
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Post by Riff Twang on Jul 22, 2020 22:34:39 GMT -5
Perhaps the specs in point are among other specs at least one of which only resolves to 64ths. Therefore it is for consistency.
Just a thought.
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Post by saltyseadog on Jul 24, 2020 3:19:44 GMT -5
I blame it on modern schooling which doesn't teach the importance of the lowest common denominator rule any more.
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Post by ninworks on Jul 24, 2020 11:14:33 GMT -5
I was a machinist for decades. Saying 4/64ths, or any other even numbered, numeratored, fractional dimension, has always bothered me but that is the jargon for guitar techs in the business. I would always use the lowest common denominator as well. To me it would be 1/16", .0625", or 1.58mm. Any time I am calculating measurements it is always in decimal. Either inches/yards/feet or millimeters/centimeters/meters. The smallest division on a metal machinists rule, which all guitar techs use, whether they know that's what they're called or not, is 1/64th of an inch. I prefer decimals. It's much easier to calculate small measurement divisions with that system. After using that for so many years I know the decimal equivalents, to common ruler measurement under an inch, and their metric equivalent, right off the top of my head and don't have to look it up or figure it out.
Having said all that, 4/64ths, 5/64ths, 6/64ths, etc. is easy to see on the ruler. On a guitar there isn't really a necessity for resolution any smaller than that but, most of you guys knew that already. That is unless you delve into the plekking realm.
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Post by Auf Kiltre on Jul 24, 2020 12:44:33 GMT -5
Interesting no one pointed out my error in the thread title. String height I meant, not pickup.  I have a hard time visualizing small clearances with a fine ruler, even with my best pair of cheaters. I think I like the brass set of gauges Piney linked. Feeler gauges are awkward because of angle and magnetic pull. |
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Post by Leftee on Jul 24, 2020 14:28:17 GMT -5
We just assumed you like really wimpy pickup output.
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Post by Larry Madsen on Jul 24, 2020 17:26:17 GMT -5
If you didn't know, a gnat's arse is exactly 1/128" in diameter. And that girl we all made fun of in school had an arse that was *two and a half axe handles*. Oh and back on topic, I guess metric would be just over .12mm |
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Post by ninworks on Jul 25, 2020 4:07:23 GMT -5
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Post by Bopper on Jul 25, 2020 9:59:54 GMT -5
On a guitar there isn't really a necessity for resolution any smaller than that The Reverend setup guide has string heights of 4.5/64, which always seemed to me cutting it just a little fine. |
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