Pesh Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 Hi all. After the Birmingham guitar show last week, where I tried a guitar that had something called an Earvana compensated nut; I've been doing some research into them. The premise seems sound and I am tempted to trial one, but wanted to ask if any of you forumites have some experience with them - good or bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Searcy Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 I think it's a solution looking for a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rct Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 In 46 years of guitaring I have never owned a guitar that couldn't be intonated correctly, therefore, I don't know what Earvana, Feiten, or any of the other "revolutionary" ways of nutting/bridging a guitar are for. rct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
american cheez Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 some folks are extremely sensitive to tuning. if a tuned, intonated guitar makes you cringe, you need it. if it doesn't, you don't need it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgm Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 some folks are extremely sensitive to tuning. if a tuned, intonated guitar makes you cringe, you need it. if it doesn't, you don't need it. Very well put. I read about the Buzz Feiten nut (expensive) and think it said you can't do unison bends if you have one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rct Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 some folks are extremely sensitive to tuning. if a tuned, intonated guitar makes you cringe, you need it. if it doesn't, you don't need it. If a tuned, intonated guitar makes you cringe, I suggest golf. rct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfpup Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 I haven't tried any compensated nuts, but I have recently tried the compensated tuning that James Taylor and some others use. It seems to help compensate for notes going sharp due to finger pressure - especially if you have a heavy touch. In fact my Peterson Strobo clip has a couple of "sweetened" tunings built in so you don't even have to remember the cents off. Here's the tuning if you anyone is interested... E: -12 cents A: -10 D: -8 G: -4 B: -6 E: -3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pesh Posted March 7, 2017 Author Share Posted March 7, 2017 Cool; thanks all - the feedback is appreciated and valued as always. It was a passing thought so I thought I'd ask the question; not that fussy about current setups, so I shall continue on for now. Maybe if I have something with a crappy nut down the line I shall try one of these, but at the moment everything is on either TUSQ or bone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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