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wbergman
PostPosted: Tue Jan 29, 2019 12:13 pm 
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Just finishing first uke. I seem to see dot spacing on guitars at 3, 5, 7, 9, 12, 15, but ukes at 3, 5, 7, 10, 12, 15. Any advice would be appreciated.
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If you're building it for yourself do whatever you want. If it's for sale then it's 3,5,7,10,12 and 15.

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I am sure you have looked, but are just a couple of options for you

http://retrofret.com/ukuleles/soprano.asp

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Pretty common to skip the 3rd.

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My standard is 5, 7, 10, 12 but will do others at no extra charge.

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By the way, does this difference in dot locations between ukes and guitars have anything to do with the different standard tuning?
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In the early decades of the lsat century, guitar dots could be either on the 9th or the 10th. Perhaps it got standardized at that time


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