Floyd Nut Sizes and Neck Radius

[Radiohead]

Question for all the builders and technical guru's on the forum.

Jackson uses R3 Nuts for the most models which are a 12 inch radius. Most Jackson necks are also 12-16 radius. This makes sense.

Why do I hear of other manufactures or artists using an R2 or R4. The radius of the nuts is 10 inches and would this not give you action issues on your middle strings with flat radius boards? The guitar that got me thinking about this is this Kramer Baretta Reissue. Can you get Floyd Nuts in different radius - like an R2 in 14inch? I have never heard of a way to raise or lower a specific string at the nut of a locking nut?

http://www.themusiczoo.com/product/16108/Kramer-USA-Exclusive-Small-Batch-85-Baretta-Electric-Guitar-Vintage-White/

• Vintage White FinishNorth American Hard Maple Body
• North American Hard Maple Neck
• Rosewood Fretboard
• 25.5" Scale Length
• 14" Fretboard Radius
• 22 Dunlop 6150 Jumbo Frets
• Seymour Duncan Reverse Zebra JB Humbucker
• Master Volume Control
• Non-Recessed Floyd Rose Tremolo
• Floyd Rose R2 Locking Nut
• Schaller Tuners
• Black Hardware

[Kisonen]

R3 locking nut has 10" radius.

Check Floyd Rose nut chart for more information. http://www.floydrose.com/support/technical-documents

[toejam]

That's why most manufacturers put metal shims or foil tape or something under the Floyd saddles. According to this info I found on the Kramer forum, the R8 is 15" radius. http://www.kramerforum.com/forum/sho...ose-Nut-Widths

But according to the chart on the Floyd site, it looks like the R10 is 15" and closest to what you want. It does not seem they've ever had a 12" radius nut.

[Radiohead]

Hey Thanks for Replying. I have seen R3 reported as both 10 and 12? See below,



While I would like to know if an R3 is actually a 10 or 12, I guess my question is does it matter? Can you put a 10 inch radius nut on a 14 inch radius neck?

Would Jackson put a 10 inch radius nut on a guitar with a 12 inch radius neck (at the nut) or are they a big enough company that they are making/ordering R3's to a special radius?

[toejam]

Interesting. I had never heard of 12" and thought everybody just used 10" and shimmed up their Floyd saddles to accomodate. I guess you could email Jackson and see what they do, but I just assumed it was always the standard 10".