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It sounds like maybe I haven't thought about it enough yet. Thanks for the link. I will visit it, but not all twenty pages. |
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Originally Posted by arie
As for working on a nut in place, I can't imagine doing so without gouging the headstock with the file ends.. There is no magic to it. I regularly do this and it is my preferred method without gouging the head. Depends upon what you are comfortable with. I never posted this Charles, BothHands did. You mis-quoted. |
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Thanks for the correction.
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I also visited charlestauber.com. Holy cow. You're a real Renaissance Man (I have similar inclinations). I even followed you out to YouTube and caught a glimpse of your Taijiquan (Tai Chi Chuan) videos. Very, very interesting, and I can't imagine how you find time to post helpful information here for noobs like me. You probably sleep only 3 hours each night... I will continue to learn, and eventually will ask fewer questions. Maybe even provide a few meaningful answers... Thanks for the link and all the posted advice. |
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They are similar to this one: http://www.homedepot.com/p/Gyros-5-1...5yc1vZc21pZchn Quote:
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Thanks for the additional information regarding your saws. In the meantime, I found dedicated luthiery nut saws online. They cost about what decent files cost, so it's a wash. If I buy individual files, I'll consider using saws for the two unwound strings, per your advice.
And thanks for the HomeDepot link. Good to know. Your comments re. unwound strings buzzing in a slot that's too wide seems to corroborate my concerns about getting this right. If I can't accumulate the right tools, I think I'm just whistlin' Dixie. On the other hand, I'm itching to buy a 10-pack of bone nut blanks and a 10-pack of bone saddle blanks now that I understand where to get them CHEAP. It's crazy, I know... |
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Smart move, arie. You never want to get tarred with some half-baked comment made by me. LOL!
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I just tried a method where I raised a bone nut and saddle after installing larger frets to the guitar. I used a aluminum beer can for the shims. I cut the can half so that I got a nice piece of flat aluminum. I cleaned the bottom of the saddle bone and nut with acetone, and also cleaned the aluminum. Then I applied a super glue to the bottom of the bone and pressed it hardly against the aluminum. Cut it out with knife, file the sharp ends. This gave me permanently attached aluminum shims. The saddle needed 1 layer, the nut 3 layers. The sound of the guitar is just amazing. The open strings might have a tiny bit of "fretted" sound in them compared with all bone nut, but the guitar sustains extremely well and the sound is very alive. I will definitely use this method again.
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Slices of an aluminum beer can held down with masking tape are also very useful as fretboard protectors when crowning frets the proper way ...ie with a 3-square file .
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So metal shims might be good enough, or even "better" than other options, depending on the particular results you're after. If aluminum works this well, I'll bet steel or maybe brass would transfer even more string vibration to the wood - based on the steel shim being more dense (?) or at least heavier than the aluminum. Also, I employ open strings in my playing whenever possible. If the metal shim (the one under the nut, I guess) imparts a more "fretted sound', that might be especially good for me. I can't say I've paid much attention to fretted vs. open-string sound on acoustic guitar, but it's very noticeable when playing electric bass. I'll pay more attention to this. Thanks, klobasa. The one ABSOLUTE TRUTH that we can all take from this is: Drinking beer really can make your guitar sound better. LOL! Last edited by BothHands; 11-19-2014 at 11:49 AM. |
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What the UK calls a spanner, the US calls a wrench, so I might know this tool by another name. |
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Murray is from Scotland, where long, long ago, they found a way to make squares with only three sides. . .
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I think it was the land of Caledonia in those ancient times... |
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My squares are 3 sided after a few shots of Jamison...
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It is indeed one of life's great mysteries, lost in the mists of history, why a file which has three faces should be called a 3-square file, yet that is indeed the correct name, used by all file manufacturers. It irks me when I see it referred to as a "triangular " file even though that is what it undoubtedly is.
It may well be that the Scots were responsible . . . it is much more likely (in fact almost certain) that the Scots were responsible for the b@stard file . . . |