legiticus Posted September 26, 2006 Report Share Posted September 26, 2006 I'm planning a Warmoth that I want to put an OFR on. I'm getting a 16" radius neck and am trying to figure what my options are for the locking nut and bridge. I know that I can shim the bridge to get the radius right. But I don't know wabout the nut. I looks like FR makes a 15" radius nut, but I haven't found any anywhere. Any thoughts? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spazzyone Posted September 26, 2006 Report Share Posted September 26, 2006 Is it a compound Radius like most of their necks ? if it is the nut would be 10" the last fre 16" Ive never heard of a 15" nut if its 16" the length of the board then im sure warmoth would sell a nut to fit it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanb Posted September 27, 2006 Report Share Posted September 27, 2006 Floyd Rose does not make a 16" nut. The 15" nut does exist but is not easy to find (you might try direct from Floyd Rose). Most of their nuts are 10". Another option is to go for something like an Ibanez locking nut ... most of which would be 430mm radius. As you have discovered, finding a matching locking nut is often the hardest part. Usually the best plan is to choose the nut first and build your neck to match. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spazzyone Posted September 27, 2006 Report Share Posted September 27, 2006 that converts to 16.9 inches so an ibanez nut sounds like a good bet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legiticus Posted September 30, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2006 The neck would be a straight 16". I've actually got an Ibanez nut, but I'm concerned about the width. It's 430mm radius, but is 42mm wide. They also make 43mm wide nuts, neither of which are "exactly" 1 11/16". Would 15" (OFR) be better or 16.9" (IBZ) Thoughts? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spazzyone Posted September 30, 2006 Report Share Posted September 30, 2006 (edited) when it comes to the nut a slightly smaller radius would be better than a flatter one on a bridge slightyly flatter would be better you could file the nut to a 16" and make it a perfect mach chords are more comfortible with more of a curve while bending is better with a flatter radius and at 16" you should not have that problem its all about feel and what you like. try both if you can get two cheap plastic nuts and file the the two radiuses and try them out and see what you like a cheap plastic nut can be had for a couple bucks Edited September 30, 2006 by spazzyone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legiticus Posted October 1, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2006 (edited) yeah...I pretty much decided on a 16" radius, and I could file the 15" radius OFR nut if I can find one. Thanks. Edited October 1, 2006 by legiticus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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