Fret third, distance between string and first?

crunchman

guitars4you said:

richardhomer said:

As @ICBM said, PRS move the nut closer to the first fret to ‘sweeten’ the tuning over the first few frets - I believe the Buzz Feiten system does the same.

I wouldn’t worry too much about how notes at the first fret read on a tuner - the real issue is if they actually sound ‘out’. Owing to the physics of guitars, not every note will be ‘in’ on a tuner - the whole thing is a compromise.

I knew that but forgot about it - almost a kept secret - they make no fuss about it - but you do generally find excellent intonation on a PRS

I've got a good Strat so I'm not in the market, but if I was it would be a good reason to look at the PRS Mayer version.

I can't wait to see the NGD thread when someone gets one of those and is brave enough to post it up.