What do you guys think of this?

[Extant]

Just noticed this on the Earvana site - says it's 'coming soon'. Anyone have any experience with Earvana nuts? Do you have to use any sort of special tuning and intonation with them whatsoever or will tuning normally be fine?

[Learn Guitars]

Pretty cool. I hope they carry R-5's as well.

[GuerillaPete]

oooh me likey.

[Rich#6]

I know on the buzzfenton system(which I think is the same thing just different people) there is a diffferent tuner switch on my tuner to use for these guitars. I had the BF on a washburn x50 that I should not have sold. grr!

[bfloyd6969]

What is the purpose of the different shape.

[dg]

Here's the explanation from their site:

"Over many years of research and development, Earvana has designed the compensated nut to provide the most accurate intonation available on the market today. We have perfected the correct degree of compensation at the nut and the bridge needed to achieve a total balance throughout the entire fret board. This results in string compression whereby extending the break off point at the nut flattens the intervals from the nut to the 12th fret. By moving the bridge forward, which sharpens the intervals from the bridge to the 12th fret. This is where the comparison to tuning like a piano comes in. Lower notes on a piano are flattened progressively more from middle C to the lower register, and sharpened progressively more from middle C to the higher register. This system of tuning is built into the Earvana nut."

Very technical explanation here:

http://www.earvana.com/technology2.htm

[levantin]

What is the purpose of the different shape.

To compensate for the intonation problems inherent in guitar design.

I think that compensated nuts don't solve the problem completely and short of going for a full on staggered fret job there's not much you can do, except for learning to listen and compensate with your fingers.

[bfloyd6969]

Thanks for the info. guys.

[Cygnus X1]

Good.

But how will that help with fully fretted chords,triads...dual notes...etc.
Anyone recall those compensated frets? As levantin observed.

I'm not a great guitarist, but that imperfect intonation is part of the sound, IMO.
The natural consonace/dissonance relationship is kind of ingrained.

[jrnic]

Good.


I'm not a great guitarist, but that imperfect intonation is part of the sound, IMO.
The natural consonace/dissonance relationship is kind of ingrained.

I know I've noticed it (imperfect notes) while playing full fretted chords. I've compensated by changing the pressure I put on some of the fretted strings. I am, by no means, a good guitar player, but even I notice the differences in notes while playing.

[metalchurch79]

I definitely wanna try one of these. I hope they make a left handed version, otherwise it's pointless for me to buy one.

[levantin]

Looks pretty wacky...

[metalchurch79]

Is it just me or are the string slots really wide on this?

[Cygnus X1]

Good job finding that neck pic, lev...I knew it was around somewhere!
MC...
The slots aren't wide, you're seeing the deep "V" in that pic.

[bibz]

Keen to try it out!