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Any Wide String Spread at the Saddle on Rainsongs?
If I can sell a couple of wood bodies I might finally join the CF ownership group.
Does Rainsong make any 6-string guitars with a string spread at the saddle greater than 2-3/16" (the Al Petteway sig) ? Nothing on the Rainsong website or ads, and past emails with Rainsong were not helpful. Elderly told me the newer Nashville/Vintage models were 2-5/32". I know you can get 2-1/4" as standard from Emerald. I prefer a neck with good depth, 1-3/4" nut minimum, and 2-5/16" or 2-3/8" string spread. I have fairly wide hands and play bare fingers - no picks or nails. I can handle narrower and low profile, but far prefer the deeper and wider configurations. I guess I could get a 12 string and remove the octaves. Thanks in advance for any info.
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I could swear I've asked this question before (or have read it a few times here on AGF), but RainSong only has one string spacing and it is 2 3/16".
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Thanks steelvibe. That's what I thought.
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I tried to have them use their 12 string neck or anything else that they could come up with to give me a wider nut and more spacing at the bridge but Rainsong wouldn't budge. It was then that I ordered an X20 with 1-7/8" nut and 2-5/16" at the bridge. Like you, it's almost entirely bare fingered, fingerstyle playing for me.
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Hi Mark I brought out the callipers and measured the N2 standard neck on my H-DR/T. At the nut: - thickness: 22.2 mm, 0.876”, 7/8” - width: 44.6 mm, 1.752”, 1 3/4” - string width: 38.8 mm, 1.528”, 1 17/32” At 12th fret: - thickness: 23.6 mm, 0.931”, 15/16” - width: 54.7 mm, 2.153”, 2 1/4” - string width: 47.0 mm, 1.850”, 1 7/8” At bridge: - string width: 56.0 mm, 2.207”, 2 3/16” The N2 neck is a medium D shape with a flattish fretboard and squarish (not rounded) edges that I find easy to fret without over squeezing. The 2 3/16” bridge spacing is almost 2 4/16” so I’m OK. Because of square edges there seems to be room to widen the string width by 1/16” + 1/16” without playing the E strings off the sides of the fretboard. Some folks just notch the saddle to get a bit more width. If needed, choose a good guitar tech who can fill the pin holes with epoxy and re-drill. You can read about this at Frank Ford’s frets.com. String width at the nut can be widened by replacing with a blank Tusq nut slotted to taste. (BTW the $75 tobacco burst finish (metallic medium copper + dark copper) is gorgeous and a great option. And no cost options are the NS 24.9” neck (same profile as N2), and the N1 shallow profile neck.) Cheers. .
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2018 RainSong H-DR1000N2/T copper burst - carbon fibre 2016 CA Cargo black - carbon fibre 2016 Fender Telecaster thinline 2014 Fender Concert Pro (New Hartford) - red spruce, mahogany Last edited by casualmusic; 01-14-2022 at 12:29 AM. |
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Casualmusic, thanks for taking the time to do those measurements. I work sometimes with epoxy and fiberglass with vinyl ester resin so a bridge job is a possibility. Also appreciate the N2 description.
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