FregGarvinMP
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Is the answer to just carve the nut slots deeper? Here are the details:
One Les Paul, a G0, has a perfect nut slot height. Its action is set low, the nut slot is low, and it feels slinky and easy to play. I'd like to get my new Murphy Les Paul to be as nice feeling. I've set its action/relief the same. So it's low. It's not as slinky feeling as the other and I think it's due to the nut slot being almost 1mm higher.
I bought it in the Nashville Guitar Center. I didn't have my G0 with me to compare. It was great to me there and still is. Once you get it home, some euphoria is gone and you are realizing your old one plays better!!! LOL. This Murphy thought has a light resonate body/neck that just is so loud acoustically. Not sure why, but it's special. So I want to get it to be smooth.
I'm 3 hrs away, so going to back there to get it done is a pain, but I will if I could trust they'd make it good. They'd probably charge me $80 though.
My G0 is a 2007 model. I bought it used. That owner installed nice Fralins and that nut slot was cut perfect. It plays great!
By the way, my 335 63' Reissue is a great guitar and its nut is cut a bit higher too. I bought it new in 2014. I thought about cutting that slot a bit too.
Thanks
One Les Paul, a G0, has a perfect nut slot height. Its action is set low, the nut slot is low, and it feels slinky and easy to play. I'd like to get my new Murphy Les Paul to be as nice feeling. I've set its action/relief the same. So it's low. It's not as slinky feeling as the other and I think it's due to the nut slot being almost 1mm higher.
- The G0's nut slots are deeper. Therefore, only a bit of the low E string is sitting above the nut. There is about 1mm at the nut between bottom of the low E string and the fret board.
- The Murphy's nut slots are not as deep. Much more of the low E string sits above the nut. The same measurement is about 2mm.
I bought it in the Nashville Guitar Center. I didn't have my G0 with me to compare. It was great to me there and still is. Once you get it home, some euphoria is gone and you are realizing your old one plays better!!! LOL. This Murphy thought has a light resonate body/neck that just is so loud acoustically. Not sure why, but it's special. So I want to get it to be smooth.
I'm 3 hrs away, so going to back there to get it done is a pain, but I will if I could trust they'd make it good. They'd probably charge me $80 though.
My G0 is a 2007 model. I bought it used. That owner installed nice Fralins and that nut slot was cut perfect. It plays great!
By the way, my 335 63' Reissue is a great guitar and its nut is cut a bit higher too. I bought it new in 2014. I thought about cutting that slot a bit too.
Thanks