Shortening the fret board

[Bob Moore]

Somewhere recently I read of luthiers who take about .005 off the first fret on the board, then when they fret for the F chord it is more in tune. Supposed to make the rest of the guitar (after the open fret) more in tune.
Anyone have ideas either way?
Thanks,
Bob

[ken cierp]

I've comunicated with John Grevens regarding nut compensation -- while he does not bother even on his very expensive custom instruments (many thousands $$) he did mention that Mike Doolin does have articles on the subject that are very compelling.

[Tim Benware]

You might find these interesting reading Bob:

http://www.setitupbetter.com/Compensating-The-Nut.php

http://www.mimf.com/nutcomp/index.htm

[ken cierp]

Here's some Mike Dooling stuff

http://www.doolinguitars.com/intonation ... tion4.html

[Dave Bagwill]

I think this thread had something as well:
viewtopic.php?f=23&t=427&hilit=+compensation