Bridge String Spacing with 1 3/4" nut width?

Matt_B Posted 2012-12-11 1:53 PM (#462963) Subject: Bridge String Spacing with 1 3/4" nut width? Joined: July 2010 Posts: 83 Location: Urbana, IL Can someone please tell me what the string spacing at the bridge is on an Adamas with a 1 3/4" wide nut? Thank you. dvd Posted 2012-12-11 2:19 PM (#462964 - in reply to #462963) Subject: RE: Bridge String Spacing with 1 3/4" nut width? Joined: December 2003 Posts: 1889 Location: Central Massachusetts I just so happened to have my U681T handy as I was taking other pics of it, so here you go: (IMG_3976.jpg) (IMG_3977.jpg) Attachments ---------------- IMG_3976.jpg (92KB - 2 downloads) IMG_3977.jpg (84KB - 2 downloads) Matt_B Posted 2012-12-11 2:49 PM (#462965 - in reply to #462964) Subject: Re: Bridge String Spacing with 1 3/4" nut width? Joined: July 2010 Posts: 83 Location: Urbana, IL Awesome! Thank you for posting those pics. From the second image, it appears to be 55mm or just shy of 2 3/16". Perfect! TAFKAR Posted 2012-12-11 5:19 PM (#462973 - in reply to #462963) Subject: Re: Bridge String Spacing with 1 3/4" nut width? Joined: April 2008 Posts: 2985 Location: Sydney, Australia Awww and you used the metric side of the ruler for all us non-imperial types. Matt_B Posted 2012-12-12 6:17 AM (#462994 - in reply to #462963) Subject: Re: Bridge String Spacing with 1 3/4" nut width? Joined: July 2010 Posts: 83 Location: Urbana, IL Thanks again for the pic. It helped me decide that I want my next Adamas to have a 1 3/4" wide nut. Standingovation Posted 2012-12-12 7:29 AM (#462999 - in reply to #462963) Subject: Re: Bridge String Spacing with 1 3/4" nut width? Joined: June 2002 Posts: 6197 Location: Phoenix AZ Not sure how it is today, but "back in the day" ... I'm pretty sure that they only made 2 bridges. One for the 1-11/16 and a wider one for the 1-7/8 guitars. Then the 1-3/4 guitars came along and they got the SAME bridge as the 1-11/16. I was surprised to find that my 1-11/16 nut guitars and my 1-3/4 nut guitars actually had the SAME string spacing at the bridge. Not sure how it is today. And of course if you are ordering a custom you could request anything you darn well please. Good luck. Matt_B Posted 2012-12-12 8:45 AM (#463010 - in reply to #462963) Subject: Re: Bridge String Spacing with 1 3/4" nut width? Joined: July 2010 Posts: 83 Location: Urbana, IL Interesting. Thanks for bringing that up. I need to check the the string spacing on my W597. I took the octave strings off my 12 string last night to see how the wider string spacing would feel. I know it's now the same, because the W598 has a 1 7/8" nut but it does feel wider than the W597. I know that I was able to pull off some chord fingerings that are tough on the W597. I also know that I don't need a 1 7/8" nut width to do it so that leads me to the 1 3/4".