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Sterling S.U.B. AX3 neck specs

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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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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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?
 
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".
 
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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