Uneven String Spacing on MIM 50's P

ZippyButton · #1 07-23-2010, 07:57 AM

I've got a MIM 50's P that I love, but spacing between the A and D strings is much larger than the space between the E and A or D and G. When I look at the nut, I can see that the nut is cut in an uneven fashion. Is it supposed to be like this? I don't know much about nuts (insert joke here

) or string spacing. Do I need my nut replaced or should I take some other form of action?

Thanks!

SurferJoe46 · #2 07-23-2010, 08:31 AM

Is it possible to take/post a pix or two?

If this is as you commented, it may be either broken or just a bad notching job.

Somehow this is odd 'cause if you can see it, it's something anyone who built the guitar part should have noticed at the factory.

ZippyButton · #3 07-23-2010, 08:43 AM

Ah, pics would probably be pretty helpful, but the nut is definitely not broken.

That will have to wait until this evening though, because I'm at work.

... I hope I'm not the only one that spends most of the work day glued to TB ...

SurferJoe46 · #4 07-23-2010, 09:02 AM

Who works?

I'm retired

walterw · #5 07-23-2010, 11:32 AM

are the strings spaced evenly at the bridge? you're supposed to move then on those threaded saddles until they are.