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Topic: stringmaster 8 nut help |
Brian Doyle
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Guisborough, Cleveland, U.K.
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Posted 19 Dec 2006 9:04 am |
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a chap is going to make me a stringmaster
8 nut and he wants this information
length/diameter/ space between string cavities/thickness of the string cavities/
diameter and position of the holes/ thanks |
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Rick Batey
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Posted 19 Dec 2006 11:05 am
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Total length 68mm, domed 3mm each end. Diameter seems to be 9mm, probably 5/16" stock. Space between center of string slots 8 and 1, 55.5mm. Distance between mounting screw holes 47.8mm (basically centered between outside string pairs). Diameter of screw holes 2mm, square-countersunk to depth of about 3mm; screws 20mm long. As for string slot diameter, I'd be inclined to beef up your string gauges a heavy shade, and tell him those.
Last edited by Rick Batey on 23 Feb 2007 4:44 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Brian Doyle
From:
Guisborough, Cleveland, U.K.
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Posted 20 Dec 2006 11:18 am
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thank you Rick can you tell me what gauge
strings you have on your guitar |
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Rick Batey
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Posted 20 Dec 2006 12:30 pm
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Brian, seeing that I stole some of my current strings from one of my electric guitars when it wasn’t looking, I’m not sure how much help that would be. When I get around to it, I’ll be fitting the Herb Remington Low C6 set, purchased from b0b. You could find the correct gauges for your own tuning in the forum’s strings section, right at the top of this page.
I just took another look at the nut on the Deluxe 8. The string grooves are basically v-shaped in section, and by using a strong light, a decent metal ruler and a touch of guesswork, the width of the grooves are: 1.2mm, 1.0mm, 1.0mm, .8mm, .7mm, .6mm, .5mm and .3mm. Hope this helps. |
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Bill Creller
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Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
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Posted 20 Dec 2006 6:06 pm
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| The Stringmaster nuts are heat treated, probably case hardened. Try a file on one and you will find out how hard they are. I was trying to open the screw holes in one, and a drill wouldn't touch it. I don't suppose that would matter for making a new one. |
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