Extra Large Bone Guitar Nut
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All our guitar nuts are designed and made by Chris Alsop. This advert is for a guitar nut where you provide the specification.
We do a quick turn around usually a few days maximum from an agreed specification. To specify a nut, you will need to provide:
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The Materials | ||||||
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Limitations | ||||||
Any shape is possible for us to make |
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FREE With this item | ||||||
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What A Guitar Nut has to do | ||||||
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Quality Control in the Manufacture | ||||||
These items are hand made by myself in a workshop set up for the production of guitar parts and tooling. I use high precision measurement and a variety of shaping techniques commonly used in high precision engineering.I have a long history of making guitar parts encompassing design from first principles, performance analysis, acoustic analysis and manufacture quality control. I play guitar where - over many years - I have learnt to appreciate and understand the finer points of guitar parts design, performance and set-up from a players point of view. |
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Left or Right Handed Guitar- Same price | ||||||
Its the same work for a left or right and the same price. I can also provide a 3D graphic of the design to review any aspects of the design. |
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Width - String Gauge and String Spacing | ||||||
If there is no particular requirement then I'll make the slots slightly wider than medium gauge strings and the string spacing will be proportional to the fretboard width with adequate clearance from high and low E to the edges. If you wish I can offer to cut the string slots specifically to match a particular string gauge. I can also make the string spacing a bit wider then normal. |
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Discussion of Design Approach | ||||||
String Slot Depth --------- Action at first fret -------- Why we have to get it Right ! If the string slots are too deep then the strings will rattle on the first fret - if the string slots are too high then it becomes difficult to press the strings down into the first fret. Also, the change of string pitch due to the string stretching becomes audibly noticeable on first fret notes if the string slots are not deep enough. Our intonation studies and measurements confirm this. So how do we get the right nut shape? Practice and Theory ... a bit of both approach ! The nut shape and string slot depth can, in theory, be calculated to make the strings sit perfectly over the frets that follow the radiused fretboard. the problem with this approach is that you have to know all the geometry: the fretboard radius, the fretboard height, the fret height and the nut slot depth (if there is one). This 'theory' based approach is OK , HOWEVER Nothing beats the actual performance of the real instrument. With the nut, I supply a step by step guide of how to get the right set up of the nut. Using the strings themselves as the guide it is possible to trim the nut to achieve the correct action. I have used this method as a player for many years and it has always resulted in perfect playability. |
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Fitting the Nut and Setting the Nut Action | ||||||
Shaping of the component may be necessary to get it to fit tightly into the nut slot and to achieve the desired 'action' - or string height above the fretboard. Bone is easily worked with fine grit abrasive paper and finally polished with wire wool and/or scotchbrite. Clear instructions for setting the nut action and supplied and advice is freely offered. The string slots are positioned but may need to be made deeper to achieve the desired action - a small needle file or similar blade/file is adequate to do this operation - you just have to make sure you take a little off at a time and then put the string back in the slot - tighten it up - and then check it. A little at a time is a must for this adjustment! Its also important that the slots are smooth and not 'v' shaped at the bottom - so the strings run through them easily when tuning - providing the slots are rounded then the strings will find the centre. |
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Other Products | ||||||
See our eBay shop for a wide variety of Custom Made Guitar Saddles, Nuts and Pins - all made by Chris Alsop to customer specified dimensions. We offer these components in many materials, specialising in crafted high quality Ox Bone, Buffalo Horn and European Hardwoods. Also, we produce a wide range of guitar tools. All tools are produced from our workshop in Woodville, Derbyshire, UK by Chris Alsop. See our eBay shop for Fret Pullers and Cutters, Fret Bevel Diamond Files, Fretboard Protectors, Crowning and Dressing Diamond Files, Guitar Neck Rests, Fret Levelling Diamond Files, Fretting hammers, Fret Polishing Kits and String Action Gauges. | ||||||
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