I know this is a lot to ask but could someone with an OM that has a 1 3/4" nut place a rule next to it like this photo so I can get a read onm width and string spacing?
(http://www.pbase.com/shadco/image/39578221.jpg)
I don't have the means to take a pic of my OM-10 custom, but I can tell you that yours is definitely a 1 11/16 nut.....interestingly enough, the string spacing is very close to mine?? :o
I have a call in to Larrivee to see what they can come up with. This is very unusual, but not unheard of. The string spacing looks close to the right spec, but the nut does appear a little thinner. We'll come to a solution though! Larrivee believes in customer service and complete customer satisfaction, so I am confident we will come to a happy conclusion. :) Jason
QuoteI have a call in to Larrivee to see what they can come up with. This is very unusual, but not unheard of. The string spacing looks close to the right spec, but the nut does appear a little thinner. We'll come to a solution though! Larrivee believes in customer service and complete customer satisfaction, so I am confident we will come to a happy conclusion. :) Jason
Jason
I have no doubt. I was just curious to see how 1 /34" nuts differed from this one.
I have a couple of guitars with 1-3/4 nuts and they have 1-1/2" string spacing, almost exactly what yours has. I also had a 1-11/16 guitar that I really liked and I had someone make a new nut with 1-1/2 spacing. It felt fine and worked great. I decided string spacing was more important than neck width.
On the other hand, neck feel in my hand is important. I've had a couple of guitars that had neck profiles that just did not suit me regardless of nut width. So my summary is, if the neck feels good and Ican get 1-1/2" string spacing I'm happy!
Shadco, what kind of guitar is that? I can't take a pic, but I can tell you my Larrivee OM with 1 3/4 nut measures exaclty 1 3/4 at the nut. That's neck width at the nut.
Why are you asking this? Just curious. From your pic it looks like the strings are spaced too wide for that neck. Almost like you have an 1 3/4 nut on an 1 11/16 guitar neck. You should have around an 1/8" clearance from string to edge of neck. Doesn't look like you do in your pic. Do you find that you're always pushing the high E off the neck? Also, are you always deadening the high E with your fretting hand? For example, is it hard to make a C chord and get a clean high E note?
If so, you might think about having a new nut made with more clearance between the outside strings (6th and 1st) and the edge of the neck.
Let me know if I'm way off base.
David
he bought the guitar with the understanding that it was a 1 3/4 nut.....there was MUCH confusion when the OM-50's were released (still is obviously) as there were both sizes produced......Matthew can chime in here, but if I remember right between him, Brian and Cory, they figured out that at some point they were all supposed to be 1 3/4, but initially they were made both ways. If Shadco had a new nut cut, it would effectively even be narrower string spacing than it is now. When I saw his pic, the first thing I thought about was that he would be pulling strings right off the fingerboard. I recently had a new L-10 that was cut incorrectly on the high E and experienced the very same scenario
Ah, that makes sense. Did they get it resolved?
For those who are interested Jason from Notable, and Larrivee are aware of the issue and are going to make sure everything is straightened out.
I didn't post as a form of complaint I was simply curious what normal OM 1 3/4 nut/necks looked like so I could compare the difference. Jason got right on the issue and to be fair he hasn't had enough time to really address the issue though he has been in contact and keeping me up to date on what's happening.
It really was a simple question.
You can, of course, have the nut re-cut to accomodate any string spacing you prefer.
E. Shoaf
QuoteYou can, of course, have the nut re-cut to accomodate any string spacing you prefer.
E. Shoaf
no, the nut is NARROWER than he likes, so the string spacing can't be increased (it looks too wide already)
QuoteYou can, of course, have the nut re-cut to accomodate any string spacing you prefer.
E. Shoaf
If I had wanted Traditional with a narrow nut I would have gone for a D50. The only thing you could do with that one is to decrease the string spacing and I was after a 1 3/4rs inch nut.
Here ya go Shad,
This is my OM-03BW, 1 3/4" nut.
Tom
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Can't seem to get a good picture, but my D-03R ( 1 11/16) is just a hair under 1 1/2 inches measured to the outsides of the E strings. Starting at the outside edge of the low E, the 1 1/2 inch mark is just outside the high E, unlike the picture at the top, where it is just inside.
Thanks TBC's shows what I was looking for.