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Old 12-29-2016, 10:36 PM
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Originally Posted by redir View Post
I think you mean to say players change out string saddles for the season not string nuts. Nuts are almost always glued in. I strive to get the nut slot heights to the exact same height of the frets immediately in front of it. On some occasions I'll go higher on the bass strings only by a hair and that's almost always on steel string guitars. Some Pete Townsend style hard hitting players might benefit from a slightly higher string as would those who use a slide.

Seasonal change is of no concern regarding action at the nut. Just think of the nut as another fret, the zero fret or the very first fret in line. Then ask yourself why you would ever want it any higher then the frets?
You want it higher than the 1st fret because on a classical guitar the open strings will buzz once the clearance to the 1st fret is less than about .4mm. Granted that is not much, but unless you play with a super light touch .5mm's clearance is standard for E-G and a touch more for D-E.
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