Hutton Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 I have just purchased a Jazz bass which is strung with 50-105 gauge strings. I want to fit my preferred strings (TI flats) which are 43 - 100. Is it going to be likely that I will need a new nut? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 I wouldn’t have thought a few thousandths of an inch would be a particularly big issue. I restrung my Rob Allen 5 string E-C once and it didn’t need any adjustment and there was about a 0.025 difference there (changed it back as I didn’t like it particularly). Try it and see. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hutton Posted February 10 Author Share Posted February 10 6 minutes ago, ezbass said: I wouldn’t have thought a few thousandths of an inch would be a particularly big issue. I restrung my Rob Allen 5 string E-C once and it didn’t need any adjustment and there was about a 0.025 difference there (changed it back as I didn’t like it particularly). Try it and see. Thanks man!👍 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_5 Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 Let's be honest - 0.025" is just over half of a millimetre - assuming that the string sits in the middle of the groove then it's just over a quarter of a millimetre per side. Personally I wouldn't worry too much. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baloney Balderdash Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 (edited) No! And even if you swapped to a set with a gauge .095, or even .090, low E string it would still not be an issue. I am speaking out of experience here. The way the nut slots are cut they form an U, almost V, shape, meaning that thinner gauge strings will just sit a bit lower in the slots, but exactly just as well. And say you wanted to change to tenor bass tuning, that is A standard tuning, and use a gauge .080 or similar string in the nut slot otherwise intended for a low E string, fitting a small cut to size strip of a layer or two of adhesive shielding copper tape down in the nut slots would make that perfectly viable as well. Edited February 11 by Baloney Balderdash 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hutton Posted February 11 Author Share Posted February 11 (edited) Great replies for which I am very grateful. This has to be the best forum on the internet. No question is ever treated as irrelevant and no member is made to feel stupid. I love this community. Edited February 11 by Hutton 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggaebass Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 I bought a precision a while back which came with the labella jamerson flats 52-110 fitted, they are way too heavy for me so I put my usual LTF’s on 42-100 , no problems whatsoever, I’d say you’ll be fine 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itu Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 I had a Status MM neck made by Rob to BEAD tuning, and it works flawlessly with EADG strings. I even use light sets (40-95). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fretmeister Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 Should be fine for the nut. Almost certainly need a truss rod tweak though - and the intonation. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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