Members RJpilot Posted January 28, 2009 Members Share Posted January 28, 2009 I have a small problem I am finally going to remedy about my '83 Kramer pacer. Its an 1 5/8 nut width with an r2 locking nut. The problem is I occasionally accidentally pull the high E off the fretboard. Its not a huge problem but I tend to play the guitar "carefully" which ends up being un-fun. So I found out I could swap for a smaller nut. I'm gonna try the R1 nut. I guess the R1 nut is the size that was on the kramer nightswan which was a 24 3/4 scale shred machine. Besides having a nut smaller than the neck its installed on is not a bad deal. After all, the $25,000 EVH frankenstrat has got a lot of mismatched parts and pieces. My concern is I have never played a neck as slim as a 1 9/16 nut width. Anybody have any experience with a neck like that. I am used to strat 1 11/16 width, but I have smaller hands (carnie-style) So Is this going to be a dissapointing switch. I hate to think of may Kramer pacer as a klunker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wimpy77 Posted January 28, 2009 Members Share Posted January 28, 2009 i always under the impression that nuts where installed to match the radius of the fretboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RJpilot Posted January 28, 2009 Author Members Share Posted January 28, 2009 i always under the impression that nuts where installed to match the radius of the fretboard. I think that is also correct. The floyd locking nut has a 10 inch radius. The R1 has a 1 9/16" width, the R2 has 1 5/8", the R3 1 11/16" and so on... So its important to match the width as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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