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tawny	Nutjob help from Veterans		Lead	[-]
Posts: 1 Wed, Jun 11, 2008 15:03:47	Tags : None Hi, can some of you veterans help me out? I want to install an Earvana retrofit (two-piece nut) on a USA neck with 12" radius , flat nut slot, and 6230 frets. The Earvana Fender retrofit is manufactured with a 9.5" radius. I'm not sure if the Earvana Gibson retrofit is made with a flatter radius, but am assuming it is( still waiting for a reply from Earvana.) If it is, I am wondering if possibly the top plate from the Gibson retrofit could be used in conjunction with the Fender retrofit. Or will I have to see if Tommy can cut the slot to accept the Gibson-style? Or are the base plates on both models the same anyway? Or will the Fender with 9.5 radius be close enough to work out? Hope this isn't too confusing, but I AM confused. Just need to know what is going to work. Any advice from anyone with experience with Earvana will be appreciated. Thanks guys!
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Russell		#1	[url]	[-]
Posts: 362 Sun, Jun 15, 2008 01:48:37 Silver Member	The one piece replacement strat type Earvana nut is the way you want to go here. I had a look at it on the website and it appears that it has enough lattitude to be reradiused and the fret slots reconfigured to give a 12 inch radius by a competent luthier or enthusiast. The nut may need to be shimmed to give some additional height for string action across the frets at the pointy end but that is a small consequence for getting the correct radius for the nut. Good luck, Rusty (Tex).
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Boris Bubbanov		#2	[url]	[-]
Posts: 31 Thu, Jun 26, 2008 03:17:09	I sure wish these guys would place a little more trust in gentleman guitar assemblers. That and a little higher public presence would be good. Earvana is said to be within 20 miles of my parents' home of more than ten years, and yet I've never found a way to meet these Earvana guys in Paso Robles. I dunno. I bet a lot of folks drive right down Higuera on the South end of San Luis Obispo and don't realize Ernie Ball/MusicMan is right there, less than a block away. Bubban0v
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