[BothHands]

Originally Posted by Frank Ford

My favorite shims are sticky labels and they are dead easy to make and use - read this:

http://www.frets.com/FretsPages/Luth...m/nutshim.html

Another extremely helpful 'demystification'. Too good, as usual.

Thanks, and I'm very glad to read your instruction about gluing only the front of the nut to the hidden edge of the fretboard.

I have a question about loosening/removing the existing nut:
I've seen people set a block of wood against the nut (the fretboard side) and give it a sharp whack with a mallet. But the guitar I'm working on has a heavy decorative faceplate (about 1/8" thick) that forms a dado in which the nut is captive. How do you suggest I remove this one? See image below.

And when I reglue, just a single small dab of cyanoacrylate glue at the center of the nut, right?

All those little flecks must be from the new case (see the pale gray case lining in the background).
Looks like I need to vacuum the interior. Guitar Dandruff...how embarrassing.