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Hi Everyone,
I'm working on an R&D project and wondering if anyone has tried my latest hair-brained idea.
What I am going to attempt is likely similar to the Feiten tuning system, but the physical method of achieveing it is a little different (at least I think it is, as I haven't seen their system).
My R&D guitar for this project will have a floyd rose trem and a locking nut, as I also want to see if the graph tech nut will offer any improvement in tone over the die cast metal one, and it will allow me to be able to adjust the individual string heights at the nut end.
Anyway, I am planning on adding a strat style graph tech nut in front of the locking nut and using a dremmel cone bit to remove the nut material to adjust the break point on each string. I'm going to use a cone bit so the string does not contact the nut on the longer strings, and I don't like the staggered shim look.
I have seen a few different formulas for how far forward I can move the nut, but I just going to extend the nut shelf to accomidate the graphtech (3.18mm), and deppen it slightly under the lock nut to ensure that the strings break on the 2nd nut.
Has anyone else tried this? I figure that the 3.18mm is overkill, but I don't mind cutting back each break point in favour of a nice, clean look.
This is my first crack at compensating a nut so be gentle...
I'm working on an R&D project and wondering if anyone has tried my latest hair-brained idea.
What I am going to attempt is likely similar to the Feiten tuning system, but the physical method of achieveing it is a little different (at least I think it is, as I haven't seen their system).
My R&D guitar for this project will have a floyd rose trem and a locking nut, as I also want to see if the graph tech nut will offer any improvement in tone over the die cast metal one, and it will allow me to be able to adjust the individual string heights at the nut end.
Anyway, I am planning on adding a strat style graph tech nut in front of the locking nut and using a dremmel cone bit to remove the nut material to adjust the break point on each string. I'm going to use a cone bit so the string does not contact the nut on the longer strings, and I don't like the staggered shim look.
I have seen a few different formulas for how far forward I can move the nut, but I just going to extend the nut shelf to accomidate the graphtech (3.18mm), and deppen it slightly under the lock nut to ensure that the strings break on the 2nd nut.
Has anyone else tried this? I figure that the 3.18mm is overkill, but I don't mind cutting back each break point in favour of a nice, clean look.
This is my first crack at compensating a nut so be gentle...