DADGAD Fan Frets Jumbo Acoustic building, help need.

[T Wong]

I am impressed by the guitar of Andy Mcgee is using, the bass is so crisp and the treble is so sweet, I am a hobby guitar builder, can anyone give me more information on Andy's guitar's length scale ? I want to try 27.5" / 25" scale on a 22 frets SC Jumbo acoustic guitar, appreciated any information on the nut/fret slotting/fingerboard/bridge placing etc.

 

[Ned Knepp]

I'm an fan of Andy Mckee ( of "Rylynn" fame ) too but I didn't know he was playing anything that unique. He does use some special "partial" capos in the video's I've seen but I haven't seen anything so unique as a fan fret baritone guitar which is what I think you will end up with using that formula for scale length.

That's about all I have to contribute since I've never build a long scale, fan fret instrument but, "McKee-ish" or not, it sounds like fun.

Ned

[T Wong]

I never played a baritone guitar, I am sure they sounded beautifully. Here is the link of the guitar playing the song "flower"

http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTQyMzUwNTMy.html

isnt it sound wonderful ?

[Tom Krebs]

You might find some info here:



http://fleishmaninstruments.com/

[Ted Kritikos]

Andy plays a Greenfield sometimes -- http://www.greenfieldguitars.com/gg.aspx?section=8&par=a
Here's a link to a repair my buddy Josh at Mass Street Music did to Andy's Greenfield:

http://massresonator.com/2009/08/andy-mckees-greenfield-repair/