nut gap

I had a 1/16" gap between my nut and fretboard on my Lanikai. I fixed it but was wondering if this was common or just because it was a beginners uke. Probably should have asked this BEFORE I fixed it.

PS:shaka:

i dont recall any gap on mine...

just go to

http://www.stewmac.com/FretCalculator

input the info and measure it off to make sure you did good

That gap suggests that the nut was in the wrong place, but the fret board COULD have been 1/16" short to the first fret. Try what Cornfedgroove suggested. That will tell you precisely where the nut should be. A quick and less precise method would be simply to measure the distance from the first to the second fret, to the nearest half millimeter. It should be just a little less than the distance from the nut to the first fret. In these terms, 1/16" is a lot. It will make a very noticeable difference.

John Colter, (Ukantor)

whew, I checked the stewmac chart and I did good. I'm lucky i didn't screw it up. thanks for the site.
I hadn't thought about the board being to short, I got luck this time.

Good result Paul. Your uke should now have decent intonation.

Well done.

John C. (Ukantor)