What is a compensated nut on a bass?
What is a compensated nut on a bass?
A guitar string nut where the leading edge (the fretboard side) of the nut is recessed by a certain amount for particular strings in order to improve the intonation of that string.
How does Buzz Feiten tuning system work?
How It Works. Our exclusive Buzz Feiten Tuning System¨ (BFTS) Shelf Nut moves the strings closer to the first fret according to our Patented Formula. Your guitar’s bridge is adjusted according to our Patented Pitch Offsets, creating balanced intonation over the entire fingerboard – every fret – every string.
What is Buzz Feiten tuning system?
The Buzz Feiten Tuning System™ is a tempered tuning formula, which uses a compensated nut and saddle to correct the inherent intonation problems of the Western tuning formula. The Buzz Feiten Tuning System™. is standard on all USA made Washburn guitars and basses and is featured on select imported models.
What does a compensated nut do on a guitar?
The Compensated Nut. A compensated nut on your guitar or bass moves the ‘take-off’ point for the string back or forwards in an effort to improve overall tuning consistency. It’s essentially the same process as for the bridge. Music Man compensated nuts at back.
Who is the author of the compensated nut?
The Compensated Nut: an illustrated article on fine-tuning guitars by compensating the nut, written by Stephen Delft. This article is reprinted, with the permission of the author, by the Musical Instrument Makers Forum, an interactive forum for the discussion of musical instrument construction, design and repair.
How does the Buzz Feiten nut system work?
The Buzz Feiten system uses a ‘shelf’ nut that moves the string’s take-off point closer to the bridge by a particular distance (calculated based on a number of factors including string-gauge, scale-length and fret-width). Each string is moved by the same amount but the instrument is intonated differently to ‘sweeten’ the tunings.
How is the nut adjusted for the open string?
Nut compensation is done by comparing and adjusting the nut for the open string to be in tune with fret 2 or fret 3. (I don’t use fret 1, because of its proximity to the extra height of the nut.)