String spacing affects playability, with tighter (closer) string spacing requiring more accuracy and wider string spacing allowing more room between each pair of strings. Different manufacturers use different string spacings (Gibson and PRS at 2-1/16″ and Fender at 2-3/16″, measured low E to high E, for example).
Keeping this in consideration, does string spacing matter?
String spacing affects playability, with tighter (closer) string spacing requiring more accuracy and wider string spacing allowing more room between each pair of strings.
One may also ask, how do you use the string spacing ruler? Easy to use.
Mark the two outer string positions onto the nut. Slide the rule over the nut to find a set of slots that matches your two marks. Now just scribe or pencil the string positions onto the nut! No measuring, dividing or calculating — the rule does the math for you.
In this manner, how far apart are acoustic guitar strings?
The space between strings will be different from guitar to guitar, however: most 12 strings are about 1-7/8 at the nut (fretboard width) – depending on how you play the outer most strings will be spaced in somewhere between 0.100 to maybe 0.125.
Is string spacing the same on all guitars?
String spacing will vary depending on where it is measured on the guitar. On electric guitars, it is usually measured at either the guitar’s nut or bridge.
What is Gibson string spacing?
A standard Humbucker’s pole pieces are built according to a traditional Gibson string spacing of 1.930″ (49mm), measured from the center of the high E string to the center of the low E string at the bridge pickup location.