Re: OM Nut Width?
This may not be directly relevant to your question. However it may be an area to explore. The nut width does not describe the exact placement of the strings.
I bought a Collings MT mandola. The nut width was 1 5/16. I noticed that the outer strings were darned close to the binding (the full width of the neck). At least that was my impression. I had been playing a Collings mandolin and the new mandola felt like the outer strings were darned close to the full width of the neck. The guys at my local guitar shop said that guitars are set up that way and Collings puts the strings 'out there' so the guitar players (and not the mandolin players BTW) feel comfortable.
I said that the mandolin does not have the strings so close to the edge, and I was right. So 'what's the deal here?" And they explained that it is 'marketing' to the larger market of guitar players.
You can guess what was my reply. I said that I wanted the string spacing on the nut to be in a similar proportion of nut width to string spacing width as my mandolin. I other words; make the string spacing so the outer strings are not so close to the full width of the neck. The change made the mandola feel comfortable and a lot more like my mandolin.
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