barnettiuk Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 Friends, I recently put a set of LaBella Deep Talkin' Flats on my Vintage V4 (and the neck has barely moved by the way). The strings sit slightly proud of the top of the nut. (There's no gap between the strings and the bottom of the individual slots, and they don't rattle or buzz from there). Does this matter? I mean could it cause any problem sound- or stress-wise? cheers Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 [quote name='barnettiuk' post='652418' date='Nov 12 2009, 11:06 AM']Friends, I recently put a set of LaBella Deep Talkin' Flats on my Vintage V4 (and the neck has barely moved by the way). The strings sit slightly proud of the top of the nut. (There's no gap between the strings and the bottom of the individual slots, and they don't rattle or buzz from there). Does this matter? I mean could it cause any problem sound- or stress-wise? cheers Ian[/quote] No, that sounds fine - in fact the strings shouldn't be completely buried in the nut anyway. As long as they're sitting firmly on the bottom of the slots and the slots are deep enough (maybe 3/4 of the string width) so that strings don't ping out under sideways duress then you should be fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skankdelvar Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 +1 - that sounds like an ideal set-up. Worry not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delberthot Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 for some reason , when I read the title I immediately thought 'peaches in syrup' as you were Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barnettiuk Posted November 25, 2009 Author Share Posted November 25, 2009 Thanks, friends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrcrow Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 [quote name='barnettiuk' post='652418' date='Nov 12 2009, 11:06 AM']Friends, I recently put a set of LaBella Deep Talkin' Flats on my Vintage V4 (and the neck has barely moved by the way). The strings sit slightly proud of the top of the nut. (There's no gap between the strings and the bottom of the individual slots, and they don't rattle or buzz from there). Does this matter? I mean could it cause any problem sound- or stress-wise? cheers Ian[/quote] the guys say no problem...the nut only has to support and supply some side restraint... rickenbacker nuts on the 4003...the one i had...were v shaped...so the string only sat on the sides...different gauges sat firmly down and were good witnesses for the scale length... physics wise the transverse components of the string sitting in the V cancel and the vertical components resolve together to give the same downward force as in a U slot... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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