guitar intonation

[johnboy30230]

so im building a guitar and im wondering what determines the distance of the neck form the bridge is there a chart someone knows of i just think that if its just random that the intonation would be off

[Rich]

The very first decision to make would be what scale length guitar you want, and the scale length is the distance from the nut to the saddles.

[ScottB]

Originally Posted by Rich

...and the scale length is the distance from the nut to the saddles.

If we're talking about riding horses, I like to keep my scale length less than 2" from nut to saddles.

[john1880]

this may help...
http://www.buildyourguitar.com/resou...ps/ebridge.htm

[johnboy30230]

well i already have a neck im just building a new body so i should use the original scale length then right

[ryanb]

If you already have the neck, then you HAVE to build the body to match that scale length.