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JTMartin
Mar-09-2008, 10:32pm
Love my new Eastman but slow getting use to the wider string spacing than the Fullerton I started out on. A little wider between each string and between each pair of strings. Top and bottom strings are a lot closer to the edge of the fretboard. Sounds really great but seems a little harder to play. Should I just get use to it or is a modification possible? Anyone know what I'm talking about?

Mattg
Mar-09-2008, 11:34pm
I thought my my 615 had narrow spacing relative to alot of other mandos. I find my eastman a bit cramped for shome chords.

Stephen Perry
Mar-10-2008, 4:51am
Replace the nut and have it cut the way you like. I regularly do this for folks. I like the courses with tighter spacing and a bit more space at the end of the frets.

Ribeiro
Mar-10-2008, 6:17am
And check the spacement at the bridge. Sometimes, it must #be corrected - same time.

JTMartin
Mar-10-2008, 11:19am
Thanks Steve and Tercio thats just what I wanted to hear.