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Bulethead

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Help with Sterling S.U.B. AX3 neck specs

I have been searching in vain for detailed neck dimensions of the AX3. I have an old injury to my fret hand that limits the types of necks that I can play comfortably and I will be buying online so I won't have the benefit of a test drive.

I was hoping someone could break out their calipers and take a few measurements for me:

Neck width at nut
Neck width at 12th fret
Neck profile depth at 1st fret
Neck profile depth at 12th fret
Fretboard radius
Fret height and width

Thanks in advance.
 
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SBMM

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Happy to help!

Neck width at nut - 42mm
Neck width at 12th fret - 51.5mm
Neck profile depth at 1st fret - 21.5mm
Neck profile depth at 12th fret - 23.45mm
Fretboard radius - 12"
Fret height - 2mm
Fret width - 2.5mm
 
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Bulethead

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Thanks for the speedy replies fellas!

I have to say I'm a little surprised by the fret size: .079" high x .098" wide?

That's 35% taller than Dunlop 6000 wire: .058" x .118"

Yikes!

I'm thinking that 2mm high fret dimension includes the fret tang. Can anyone tell me what the height of just the fret bead is?
 

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Just measured at the 22 fret. (As the guitar has had some work done at the top, I figured down there would be representative of one without much if any wear.)

From the fret board to the top of the fret I see 1.29mm or .051". Width shows 2.42mm or 0.095".
 

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My fretwire measurements were of an uninstalled set of fretwires, so they've not had any clipping/cutting/polishing etc. I am out of stock on the AX3's right now, so I can't just pull one from stock to look at and measure.
 
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