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660/12 nut on a 360/12
Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 2:27 pm
by shackleton
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.
Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 3:14 pm
by jingle_jangle
Won't fit.
Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 5:19 pm
by johnhall
Like Paul said.
Musta been one heck of a nut for $80.
Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 11:26 pm
by ozover50
My thoughts exactly....... early 19th century ivory perhaps?
Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 4:11 am
by janglerocker
The 660 neck is wider, so the nut would be too.
Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 11:57 am
by shackleton
What would be a reasonable charge for cutting and installing a custom 12 string nut?
Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 12:51 pm
by jingle_jangle
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.
Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 2:43 pm
by dale_fortune
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.
Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 5:58 pm
by karl_teten
I agree Dale. $80 is a deal along with a proper new setup.
Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 7:23 am
by shackleton
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.
Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 7:30 am
by jingle_jangle
"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.
Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 4:16 pm
by BobKat
If you are spending $1500 for a guitar, the factory setup should be more than a starting-off point.
Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 5:39 pm
by beatlefreak
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?
Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 5:03 am
by jingle_jangle
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.
Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 8:13 am
by shackleton
Wider string spacing with narrow pairs is better, PERIOD.