Earvana/compensated nut questions

grappagreen

I'm totally ignorant on the above and have a couple of questions for those in the know;

• Are there different compensated nuts for different scale lengths or is it a 'one size fits all' 
• Is the improvement in any way related to scale length i.e. does a shorter scale guitar benefit more than longer?

Sorry if these are dumb questions

Si

Funkfingers

Yes. The degree of compensation is proportional to the scale length.

There are different physical formats to suit different fingerboard radii and nut slot positions.

Further, Earvana offers an adjustable version to suit awkward host guitars. For example, the scale length on Gibson electric guitars is notional. The true distance can deviate by a significant amount.

Probably best to consult somebody who fits these things every week. Paging @FelineGuitars ;

crunchman

You can improve things by adjusting the position of a conventional nut.  That's what PRS do.  They move the nut very slightly closer to the first fret to compensate for the extra tension of fretting a note.

It's not theoretically as accurate as something like an Earvana, but it is better than the traditional nut position.  I've sold all my PRS guitars now, but years ago I was playing with someone with much better ears than me, and he commented how in tune the PRS sounded.

grappagreen

Thanks very much for the posts guys..

Winny_Pooh

It made a noticeable difference on my Gibson, for some reason Gibsons just seem more problematic than Fenders.