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Location: Flahdaw | Anyone have any experience with these for an acoustic guitar? Eavana nut Another worthless gimmick?
(Hohner is putting it on their acoustic line) |
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Location: Newington, CT | Hmmmmmmmm...that's new to me! Gotta read up on it. |
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Location: SW Washington | I like the concept. It could be great for fixing guitars with intonation problems. I have had to do the opposite on some guitars...gluing tiny slivers of nut material onto the nut to shorten the scale length on one or two strings when the twelfth fret was just a tiny bit too far from the nut. With this you could accomplish the same thing by shaving a little off the end of the fingerboard and replacing the nut. Interesting idea. I may want to get a couple just to play around with... If I like it I may incorporate it into my designs.
David :) |
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Location: Reno, NV | ESP has been using them on their guitars for a while. So they may not be a gimick if a large factory goes out of their way to use them. ... or on the other hand they have trouble getting good intonation on their guitars. |
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Location: Utah | I've used a similar product, the E-Nut I think it was called, on an Ibanez electric. Even though the intonation was properly set wrt the 12th fret, the open cowboy chords just never quite sounded right. Intonation is a compromise unless you do those wavy frets, and then there are other compromises involved.
The improvement in the cowboy chords was quite good with the E-nut.
However, I think that for all of the guitars I have bought, except the Adamas 2080, the original nut was cut a bit too tall. Getting the slots down to "where they should be" for me, the intonation improved markedly in the first few frets. I've taken the files to all of the nuts myself and am satisfied with the results. Intonation is still not perfect, but it is quite good. Good enough for a picky hobbiest.
I would say that if you are the kind of person who is always tweaking the tuning, especially the the G and B strings, because it doesn't quite sound right even though it is supposedly in tune, then the Earvana might be of interest. |
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| This nut is not a worthless gimmick. I own a Stelling banjo. Geoff Stelling has been building his banjos with compensated nuts since he began his business since 1974. His banjos are known for their near perfect intonation. I've often wondered why guitar manufacturers haven't adopted the compensated nut.
Now, don't anyone flame me because I also play a banjo. Guitar is my first and favorite instrument. |
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Location: Flahdaw | Well, like I said, Hohner is now using this nut. But who buys Hohners. Why aren't the big brands using them? I do a lot of open tunings, so it's kinda interesting to me. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | I have installed the eNut on several electric guitars. Money well spent (which was quite low). |
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