Thread: String Spacing
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Old 04-02-2013, 11:00 AM
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That Martin method is not a good way of dealing with string spacings imho but it makes sense from a factory production point of view. I like to give a bit more room on the high-e string as I have the tenancy to pull them off. Not every one does though and in fact I built one for a guy which was the exact opposite. FWIW I find the stew mac nut width fuller to work really well for measuring equal distance between spaces. I don't like it if the lower strings look all bunched up because of their thickness. I also like the fb taper to come out ever so slightly along the length of each outside string. As you go up the fretboard the strings are easier to accidentally bend down. So iow the line that the fretboard edge makes is not parallel to the line the e-strings make, but only slightly.
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