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Topic: Tricone Squareneck Nut Question |
Sebastian Müller
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Berlin / Germany
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Posted 7 Aug 2012 1:23 am |
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I am just back from London where I had the chance to play a national tricone from the 30s. What I realized is that the height of the nut was noticeable lower than on my Republic Tricone and that the string-spacing was wider. I attached a picture of the nut on my guitar and you can see that you could make the stringspacing wider by building a new nut.
Right now the string spacing is:
at nut: ca 7mm
bridge:ca 10mm
I have several questions:
What is the nut-height on a original national tricone, what's the spacing?
Having bigger string-spacing should make doing slants a bit easier( you need to
angel the bar a bit less) right?
All in all, do you think it's a good idea to build a new saddle?
Any input would be great!
Thanks
Sebastian
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Brad Bechtel
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San Francisco, CA
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Posted 7 Aug 2012 7:50 am
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What are you hoping to accomplish by modifying your guitar? Are you unhappy with the way it's playing right now?
I don't know the specifications you're looking for on the nut height and string spacing, but if the guitar you have is working well for you, don't bother changing it.
I have played a couple of tricones that had a much lower nut, so the strings are closer to the fretboard. I didn't like it as much as the nut on my 2002 tricone.
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Sebastian Müller
From:
Berlin / Germany
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Posted 7 Aug 2012 2:40 pm
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Hi Brad,
the benefit of lowering the nut should have the effect that it is easier to do
hawaiian effect sounds like to scratch the bullet bar over the frets.
To widen the string space should make bar slants a bit easier, especially at the lower frets, Jerry Byrd recommends a spacing of 3/8 of an inch.
I'm doing ok with the guitar like it's now but it's easier to do certain slants on
my electric labsteel which has a wider strings space and shorter scale length. |
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