Thread: Nut adjustment
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Old 12-06-2007, 10:51 AM
scotchtape scotchtape is offline
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Is your guitar expensive?

I don't know why I ask that... I did my own adjustment on my guitars, I'm not afraid to touch any of them anymore.

I found a decent set of nut filing thingies on ebay - was only $50 or something. Norman Guitar Nut Filing System.

He doesn't have any right now:
http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZnorman_1957
He has the guitar + bass ones, but it's about $20 more than just the guitar ones.

Also get a feeler guage and then you're set.

Go slow and make sure you keep checking the strings, even a hair makes a HUGE difference when you get close to the mark. I've ruined more than one nut this way. It's not hard, just be careful and check often. A good thing is to mark how low you want it to go, that way you don't overshoot. Also stop a ways short of where you think you want it for breathing room - if it's close enough don't go further. Mistakes take A LOT of effort to fix (making/buying a new nut).

I've also read that Kimsey site, it's hard to tell the difference between .022 and .018, I just set them all around the same height, close to 0.022, or something like that. It's lower than where it started anyways.

Cheers and good luck if you do it yourself.
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