660/12 nut on a 360/12

shackleton · Post by **shackleton** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 2:27 pm

Has anyone tried this? I just spent $80 having a custom nut put on my 330/12 now I am wondering if I just could have bought a 660/12 nut.

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 3:14 pm

Won't fit.

johnhall · Post by **johnhall** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 5:19 pm

Like Paul said.

Musta been one heck of a nut for $80.

ozover50 · Post by **ozover50** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 11:26 pm

My thoughts exactly....... early 19th century ivory perhaps?

janglerocker · Post by **janglerocker** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 4:11 am

The 660 neck is wider, so the nut would be too.

shackleton · Post by **shackleton** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 11:57 am

What would be a reasonable charge for cutting and installing a custom 12 string nut?

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 12:51 pm

My charge is in the $30.00-40.00 range, depending upon how much fiddling is done to get the action just right. This is for a Rick bakelite nut.

But I only do this as a part of a resto job.

dale_fortune · Post by **dale_fortune** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 2:43 pm

Most shops in the Portland Oregon area charge $100.00 plus strings to fit and notch a new top nut for a 12 string...this will include setting the intonation and action...$80.00 is reasonable for that if the work is to your satisfaction.

karl_teten · Post by **karl_teten** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 5:58 pm

I agree Dale. $80 is a deal along with a proper new setup.

shackleton · Post by **shackleton** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 7:23 am

Thank for the latest posts. I was thinking I got taken but $20 more for job well done, or should I say should have been done at the factory, is worth it.

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 7:30 am

"Should have been done at the factory" is your opinion, of course.

Factory setups on these guitars are done as a compromise, to hopefully come close to suiting the majority of purchasers.

For the more experienced players, they are a starting-off point.

Seeing how, er, specific you've been about this issue, I would put you in the second group, and I'm glad it's finally to your satisfaction.

BobKat · Post by **BobKat** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 4:16 pm

If you are spending $1500 for a guitar, the factory setup should be more than a starting-off point.

beatlefreak · Post by **beatlefreak** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 5:39 pm

Everyone has a setup that they find ideal, and those vary all over the place. RIC sets up their guitars in the middle of those variances. What else would be better?

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 5:03 am

Bob, maybe you're misinterpreting my rapidly-composed words. If I would have said, for the more experienced players, they could be a starting-off point", would that have made my meaning clearer?

Sometimes I fail to see all the ways in which my words are taken.

shackleton · Post by **shackleton** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 8:13 am

Wider string spacing with narrow pairs is better, PERIOD.