You can also try this little experiment and see if it solves the
problem. Cut a few short strips (say, from an old bank card or similar)
from 5 to 5.5 mm width and push them (one at a time of course)
in-between the strings of the 6th course at the bridge end, right next
to the 'tie loops'. You can even make little notches on both sides of
the strip (i.e. for the strings) just to help it stay in place better.
If the stings still collide, try with a wider strip etc.
On 21/07/2011 21:11, Alexander Batov wrote:
What a strange in-course spacing you've got: too little at the bridge,
too much at the nut! I suppose you can probably get away with it if
you pluck closer to the bridge but otherwise it's got to be wider
there (somewhere around 5.0 - 5.5 mm, depending on the string length),
and at around 2.5 - max 3.0 at the nut (otherwise it can be rather
tricky with fingering of the 6th course).
Alexander
On 21/07/2011 18:53, Peter Nightingale wrote:
Here are the string distances measured between the centers of the
strings: Course 6: 4.1 mm at the bridge and 3.4 mm at the nut. Course
7: 4.2 mm and 3.6mm, respectively. Both courses have nylon filament
copper overspun bases and nylgut trebles. Does that sound like
collision courses? Thanks, Peter.
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