Should I be concerned?

[CrackedPepper]

I picked up a "project neck" from Warmoth (25.5 scale Warmoth Pro) and I am preparing the nut for it.  So I measured the spacing from the nut fret to the middle of the first fret and it is a perfect 1.431" which, as I understand it, is the correct distance  Just for kicks, I measured the same distance on my Warmoth strat neck with a factory installed nut and the distance is only 1.412".  It intonates and tunes okay.  Should I be concerned?

 

[reinhold]

If it intonates and tunes, what's the worry?  I wouldn't bother trying to get it perfect, just play.

 

[dNA]

If it intonates and tunes, what's the worry?  I wouldn't bother trying to get it perfect, just play.

amen. if it aint broke don't fix it. If you weren't concerned before, you have no reason to be concerned now. except maybe to be concerned that your musical ear is so bad you can't tell if a guitar is properly intonated or not... But if that's the case you're screwed anyway, so it's best you don't find out.

 

[Dan025]

that's only 19 thousandths, what meathod did you use to get on center of the fret? also a slightly shorter distance to the first fret would give you some correction, while not a corrected nut on average all the strings tend to be sharp at the first fret at varying amounts. .020 is probably right in the middle of the different offsets needed so would average out to better intonation but not as good as a corrected nut. of coarse it depends on string gage and string height at the nut.

 

[CrackedPepper]

If it intonates and tunes, what's the worry?  I wouldn't bother trying to get it perfect, just play.

amen. if it aint broke don't fix it. If you weren't concerned before, you have no reason to be concerned now. except maybe to be concerned that your musical ear is so bad you can't tell if a guitar is properly intonated or not... But if that's the case you're screwed anyway, so it's best you don't find out.

That's what I figured too - I'm screwed anyway  :laughing3:

that's only 19 thousandths, what meathod did you use to get on center of the fret? also a slightly shorter distance to the first fret would give you some correction, while not a corrected nut on average all the strings tend to be sharp at the first fret at varying amounts. .020 is probably right in the middle of the different offsets needed so would average out to better intonation but not as good as a corrected nut. of coarse it depends on string gage and string height at the nut.

I used a digital vernier caliper to measure that the nut to the leading edge of the fret, then measure the width of the fret and split the difference and added that to the first measurement.  Did this three times to eliminate errors in measurement.

I really need to stop playing with this digital caliper as it just causes me more anxiety when I measure stuff.  Intonation hasn't been an issue and now it looks like I am worried over nothing except that the nut placement isn't "perfect".  It's like  me and  these compensated nuts - I can't really tell the difference between an Earvana and a regular ol' TUSQ nut.  And nobody cares when I am playing in some cougar bar.  :icon_biggrin:

Thanks for the reassurance guys