string spacing on a Mandola
I am now a very happy owner of a Collings MT mandola. However, I noticed that the spacing of the outside strings e.g. the A and C strings seem very close to the edge of the fingerboard. I looked at my Collings MT mandolin and the spacing is the same.
There seems to be a mistake or different method of creating a larger instrument nut and saddle spacing than I would do on a viola for example. The four courses should be placed on the nut in proportion to the nut, not just a set distance from the edge of the fingerboard.
In playing the instrument it feels like I can 'fall off the edge' or at least feel the edge sometimes as I play on 'outside strings'.
I assume Collings has a method. Does anyone know? And how do you space strings on a mandola?
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