Members DarkHorseJ27 Posted August 20, 2009 Members Share Posted August 20, 2009 With the bass side being a little higher, of course. Got the bone nut I ordered from StewMac, and it is a perfect fit other than the radius. The fretboard radius is 10" and the nut radius is 18". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Grant Harding Posted August 20, 2009 Members Share Posted August 20, 2009 Hell yeah - the distance from the underside of the string to the top of the first fret should be more or less constant, with a bit more clearance as you move to the thicker strings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members seagullplayer77 Posted August 20, 2009 Members Share Posted August 20, 2009 The radius would make a difference. If your fretboard radius is 10" and the nut radius is 18", the nut would have a more gradual curve than the fretboard, which is bound to cause problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DarkHorseJ27 Posted August 20, 2009 Author Members Share Posted August 20, 2009 Just wanted to check before I did anything. Shouldn't be hard to change the nut to the correct radius. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members S~R~O Posted August 20, 2009 Members Share Posted August 20, 2009 With the bass side being a little higher, of course. Got the bone nut I ordered from StewMac, and it is a perfect fit other than the radius. The fretboard radius is 10" and the nut radius is 18". So let me get this straight........ You have a radius scale, and measure the radius of both the Neck and the Nut. Now knowing the differences between the both sets of measurements and you ask here if they (the measurements) should be the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members McNulty Posted August 20, 2009 Members Share Posted August 20, 2009 So let me get this straight........ You have a radius scale, and measure the radius of both the Neck and the Nut. Now knowing the differences between the both sets of measurements and you ask here if they (the measurements) should be the same. I think he's just after a concensus. I would ask too, just to be sure before I did anything rash. Not a bad plan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Gary Palmer Posted August 20, 2009 Members Share Posted August 20, 2009 With the bass side being a little higher, of course. Got the bone nut I ordered from StewMac, and it is a perfect fit other than the radius. The fretboard radius is 10" and the nut radius is 18". New nuts tend to have more meat on them to ease fitting/modifying. Don't worry, but take it for granted that you'll have some material to remove before it becomes part of the instrument/set-up. Nut radius is primarily dictated by five factors 1. Fingerboard radius 2. First fret radius. (Both 1 & 2 tie in together.) 3. String action at first fret. 4. Amount of nut remaining above the slot bases after dressing it to suit string heights. 5. Neck relief. The simplest method for fitting a new nut is to copy it's profile and string spacing from the existing one, before setting string action. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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