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I recently bought an ES-120 and love it to bits, it sounds wonderful, looks wonderful and feels almost wonderful. Almost? Every now and then I feel a little cramped stringwise and decided to measure the string spacing at the nut. I was quite surprised to see that it was a fair bit smaller from the outside of the 1st string to the outside of the 6th string. My Ibanez 2457 measures well over 2 mm wider as does my Epiphone Dot, Greco Les Paul and DeArmond archtop.
(for those preferring imperial measurements, my ES-120 measures 1 inch and 11/32 across the strings, the Ibanez measures 1 inch 15/32 across).
Is this a common trait in Tokai guitars, having a nut that's got quite thin string spacing? It's not a major flaw as I intended sending it in for a bone nut installation along with a couple of other guitars, it just makes the fingerboard feel more cramped than it should.
I'm a bit too scared to get into cutting my own nuts as yet. Is it really a lot easier than I think it isn't?
Andy
(for those preferring imperial measurements, my ES-120 measures 1 inch and 11/32 across the strings, the Ibanez measures 1 inch 15/32 across).
Is this a common trait in Tokai guitars, having a nut that's got quite thin string spacing? It's not a major flaw as I intended sending it in for a bone nut installation along with a couple of other guitars, it just makes the fingerboard feel more cramped than it should.
I'm a bit too scared to get into cutting my own nuts as yet. Is it really a lot easier than I think it isn't?
Andy