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Originally Posted by Matthew Tucker
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Matt, thanks for the link. What you see there and it's used often are different types of measurements for different things. Millimeters are often used here in USA for string heights and widths both at the bridge and at the Nut while many use inches and fractions for the rest of the Bass.
It 'would' be easier if it were all metric but it's tough enough talking string spacing with a small mm ruler here. Measuring the rest of the Bass in mm and cm would make most pull out the calculator and divide by 2.54 or 25.4 depending on what's needed.
Like people who speak Spanish and then hit a few words in English because they can't describe it in Spanish. That's called Spanglish. I did a B'way show back in '73 (SeeSaw) and one of the tunes was named Spanglish for that reason.
We can call this mix of inches and mm, Millainches or Inchometers..
