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Comparison between old and new nut widths..
Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 10:49 am
by emjayw
Here's a picture of my '05 360/12 with the original "old" nut. I just received the "new" wider nut today from RIC. The difference is small, but definitely worth the trouble to do. It'll be switched over next week. After that, I'll switch to the 12 saddle bridge next. Mike
Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2006 9:54 am
by daddyo
Mike, would you do me, and some others over at the Ric forum, a favor and measure the distance between the centerlines of the outermost E strings. Is the new one 1-13/32" and the old 1-11/32"?
Much obliged.
Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2006 11:03 am
by beatlefreak
Here's the link to the other thread about this same subject with another picture:
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Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2006 3:42 pm
by emjayw
John, those measurements are correct. I know 1/16" doesn't sound like much, but it is a great improvement over the "old" nut. It should make A and D chords much easier without deadening adjoining strings.
Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2006 7:57 am
by daddyo
Michael, thanks for taking the time to measure. I've been trying to figure out if the nut on my 360/12 made in week 42 of '05 has this nut already installed. Now I know it does for sure.
Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 3:55 am
by beatlefreak
Does anyone know for sure if 360/12C63's are now shipping with the new nut, or the old one?
Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2006 4:11 pm
by emjayw
As promised, I did the nut exchange today on my '05 360/12 and it has made a world of difference in the playability. Now it feels exactly like my 20-year-old 620/12! If the tight spacing has bothered you, make the switch.
Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2006 7:00 pm
by shackleton
I just got my 05 620/12 and compared it to my 360/12 and the neck seams narrower. I kind of bummed now. I dont think it has the new nut either.
Posted: Fri Dec 22, 2006 2:27 am
by beatlefreak
Eric, the necks have not changed. Just the nuts have been redesigned to take into account all of the neck width. Measure the nut on your guitar from outer E string to the other outer E string, and compare to the measurements Daddyo has listed above.
Once again, does anyone know whether the 360/12C63 models are shipping with the new nut?
Posted: Fri Dec 22, 2006 4:36 am
by nab
My C63 looks to be 1- 13/32".
Posted: Fri Dec 22, 2006 12:08 pm
by beatlefreak
Thanks, Jack. That's good to know. Now if mine will just come in...
Posted: Fri Dec 22, 2006 12:24 pm
by nab
I have no probs playing the C63. I had an '02 360/12 that was (for me) impossible to play cleanly, and my fingers are not "spatulate" (as Paul W calls them).
Posted: Fri Dec 22, 2006 2:42 pm
by shackleton
I swear my 1996 360/12 has the new nut and I know it has never been changed. I just go an 05 620/12 and it 1/16 narrower.
Posted: Fri Dec 22, 2006 2:43 pm
by shackleton
Who has the new nuts in stock?
Posted: Fri Dec 22, 2006 2:48 pm
by beatlefreak
The RIC boutique will be open again in January, and they have the new nuts.