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Location: Utah | Do the guitar designers calculate the fret spacings for specific guages of strings? On my electric I have found that the lighter guage strings have pretty marginal to poor intonation, especially the first two frets. Going to a different guage makes a big difference. The bridge is adjustable for intonation, but the lighter strings still sucked and were difficult to intonate in the first place.
I may yet eNut it or get a shelf nut. Paying to Buzz Feitenize it isn't worth the cost on an inexpensive hobby guitar. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | ...could be that light gauge are more easily distorted or "stretched" by fretting.
...and yes, luthiers calculate nut cuts for string gauge
Check out Dan Erwine's Guitar Maintenance/Repair Guide. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | I have eNuts on several of my guitars and they work great. Monte is a great guy and easy to work with. |
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Location: Utah | Stephent28, do you know if Monte has black nuts? (never thought I'd ever write that....)
Have you tried the metal enuts? If I can't get a black one, I'd just go with the metal one, although it looks like it adds a lot of distance to the nut. |
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Location: SoCal | "Black nuts"??? I never thought I'd see racial invectives on this website.
So, does he? |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Never met the man face to face but nut color never came up. He is just a very nice guy that gives 200% support for a $15 item.
All the enuts I have are metal. The instructions are pretty simple to follow and it is easy to file them down for a perfect fit.
I must confess I did order a couple extras for my early attempts just in case I screwed up.
I have some of them removeable and some that I glued down. Both work very well when combined with his offsets. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Flysig, I wrote a pretty detailed review on harmony central. I also believe 3-4 others have since added their own opinions. I will look for the link to post. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Ah yes, here it is.
eNut Reviews |
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Are guitars designed for a specific guage of strings?