Decent set of calipers to measure a guitar neck.

[Pieman]

Anybody have a recommendation?   I bought some with 8000 Amazon likes. Would like to measure to hundredths?   ex 1.650 ay the nut. Is that 100ths?  The set I have does seem to have arms big enough to get to the center of the fret board.  Not a very precise readout.  Thoughts? Thanks.

[kizanski]

[hamerhead]

Stop that.

[kizanski]

3 minutes ago, hamerhead said:

Stop that.

[hamerhead]

Dammit.

[bubs_42]

Now that was entertaining. @kizanski6 / @hamerhead-6. 

 

 

[Dave Scepter]

Here just send him this~

[hamerhead]

[cynic]

5 hours ago, hamerhead said:

ETA something useful from 31 years of doing this sh!t: I always used an 8" Mitutoyo, because a 6" was too small and a 12" to unwieldy for most everyday tasks. The 8" will reach beyond the center of the upper part of a neck.  Starrett, and Brown & Sharpe are also good higher-end units that are great for extreme accuracy and repeatabilty - neither of which are needed for measuring a neck.

My advice: get a cheap 8" or 12" and it'll cover probably everything you need.

I second all this.  I paid north of $100 for a 6" Mitutoyo that will last a lifetime and is always the choice when accuracy matters, but I also paid $12.99 for a 6" Neiko that's twelve years old and counting (price has since doubled but I'd still consider it great bang for the buck).  I consider them equally suited for taking the types of measurements used when selling a guitar.  My only knock on the Neiko is it eats batteries at 3-4x the rate of the Mitutoyo, odd given it has an off button where the Mitu doesn't and has to time out.

[bruce919]

"Hay can you measure the thickness of the neck at the first fret?"

sure, its .995" 

"awe Man , I only buy guitars that measure over 1.000" thick at the first fret, good luck on the sale"

🤮

[tweed]

I use these from Harbor Freight, $9.99.     Works for me.

Sorry, still can't remember how to load proper pictures !

[tomteriffic]

If we agree that measuring thousandths is not needed for this purpose, gitchy some Harbor Freight calipers.  I've been using these for years for all kinds of stuff:

https://www.harborfreight.com/home/toys-hobbies/6-in-composite-digital-caliper-63586.html

If you really must have thousandths:  https://www.harborfreight.com/home/toys-hobbies/6-in-digital-caliper-63711.html

If you really must have 8" and thousandths: https://www.harborfreight.com/home/toys-hobbies/8-in-digital-caliper-63712.html

[chromium]

I have a set of these. No regrets- I'd do it again.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000GSLKIW/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Now if only there was a device for measuring acoustic resonance and "finish breathing" (poly vs nitro)

[Pieman]

Thanks Chromium. I bought those. Far superior.  Metal jaws, a screw to fix the measurement, and a thumb screw to move the calipers back and forth.  Also, they measure to 1000ths, which is more accurate than the round down feature on the cheapies.