Replacing a regular nut with a Dobro style high nut
Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2016 9:44 pm
A friend of mine bought an old Kay archtop guitar.
it lap style. The current nut is 1 5/8", but he'd like to widen it to 2" to get better string spacing.
One more thing: He tunes to open G, so there will be more string tension.
Questions:
1. Will the combination of a higher nut and higher string tension, put too much stress on the neck?
2. The wider 2" nut will extend out 3/16" from the neck, leaving it essentially unsupported. Is this a potential problem?
3. Another option is to replace it with a normal nut and Cap it with a "Fret extender" like this:
https://www.amazon.com/Grover-GP1103-Pe ... B00W7ZL4TM
Anyone have experience with these?
Thanks, It's been a year to too since posting. Nice to "see" you all again.
Mitch
The nut cracked when he was bringing it up to tune (pretty cool headstock BTW).
Since he is a Dobro player, he'd like to replace it with a "high" nut so he can playit lap style. The current nut is 1 5/8", but he'd like to widen it to 2" to get better string spacing.
One more thing: He tunes to open G, so there will be more string tension.
Questions:
1. Will the combination of a higher nut and higher string tension, put too much stress on the neck?
2. The wider 2" nut will extend out 3/16" from the neck, leaving it essentially unsupported. Is this a potential problem?
3. Another option is to replace it with a normal nut and Cap it with a "Fret extender" like this:
https://www.amazon.com/Grover-GP1103-Pe ... B00W7ZL4TM
Anyone have experience with these?
Thanks, It's been a year to too since posting. Nice to "see" you all again.
Mitch