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Old 12-16-2019, 05:29 PM
Gil80 Gil80 is offline
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Default Nut filing - MacGyver approach?

Hi all,

I wonder if there's a sane option that doesn't break your bank account to have a decent outcome for nut filing.

Every listing in eBay that is cheap, is a poorly design tool that do more harm than good.

I'm trying to set up a new nut and I need to file the slots.
Doing the 6th and 5th is reasonably easy.

For the 6th slot, I used the 4th guitar string and tightly wrapped it with a sanding paper to achieve round and well-defined slot.

For the 5th slot I did the same but I used the 3rd string to achieve decent results.

However, for the 4th and smaller slots, I'm in a problem.
They all require the much expensive nut filing that one can find in StewMac.

Are there any cheaper ways to help achieve decent results?
Using improvisations, household items?

Or any other eBay alternative of decent quality that is reasonably priced?

Otherwise, I'm stuck with a guitar that is unplayable
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