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Post subject: De Luxe Shawbucker - LSR roller nut setup
Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2015 4:30 am
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Part of the Strat setup concerns the nut - the figure I have is 0.457mm measured at the first fret (not from Fender - does anyone have their spec figure?)
My '54 50th commemorative is spot on this setting, but my later Shawbucker is around 0.750mm, obviously raising the action quite a lot at the nut.
All other parameters are as per the book.
It plays OK (I like a higher action anyway, I hit hard sometimes) but I do get more pitch variation than I would expect when laying on, which I thought might be due to this? I have so far put it down to lighter strings (9-46).
Anyone got official setup details or experience? In particular, I don't need a nut file (!) as it's all-metal construction - I assume it's shimmed underneath, but I can't see any shims that might be thick enough give this degree of correction.
I'm tempted to follow the "it ain't broke, don't fix it" routine, but I'm curious now . . .


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Post subject: Re: De Luxe Shawbucker - LSR roller nut setup
Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2015 7:51 am
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I don't remember ever before seeing Fender recommendations for nut height, but with your question I found this:
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There should be an .018"t o .020" gap between the bottom of each string and the top of the first fret

It's from Fender LSR Nut Installation Instructions AxesRUs

Graphtech gives "factory specs" of .010" (0,25mm) for lowE, .006" (0,15mm) for highE, which makes most guitars easy to play and results in good intonation.
The measuring: capo on third fret, measure the gap between string bottom/fret top on the first fret..
I go lower on my guitars - remember that a lot of zero fret guitars were made with the zero fret exactly level with other frets.
The lower the nut, the better intonation you get on the first couple of frets. Too high a nut, and open chords (especially G and D) may play horribly out of tune.


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