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03-10-2021, 10:11 AM
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Re-glueing a nut
The nut on my Guild 12 string is a perfect fit but is loose and I need to glue it. It is a clean joint and nut.
What type glue should I use? Carpenters glue? Gorilla Glue? Thanks for help.
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03-10-2021, 10:22 AM
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03-10-2021, 10:34 AM
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Don't use super glue. If you don't place it exactly perfect right of the bat, then that's where it's stuck. No fine adjustment from side to side. A drop of carpenters glue works. It doesn't stick instantly so you are able to place it perfectly. Then clamp with string tension.
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03-10-2021, 10:37 AM
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Gorilla glue has no place in instruments.
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03-10-2021, 11:06 AM
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As others have said, a single drop of wood glue is sufficient. If/when necessary, it is then easy to remove the nut, but it will stay in place until then.
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03-10-2021, 03:07 PM
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03-10-2021, 03:21 PM
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The angle of the headstock has nothing to do with it but rather weather or not the head plate veneer butts up against the nut creating a slot between it and the end of the FB. Some guitars don't have that but the Guild probably does. So if it is loose there then it's not perfect but it's also nothing to worry about. A dot of glue will hold it in place well enough for removing all the strings. It seems that most techs and luthiers like to fit them nice and tight though.
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03-10-2021, 04:58 PM
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03-10-2021, 08:16 PM
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I never ever glue a nut. String force will hold it in place
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03-11-2021, 02:37 AM
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A dab or two of wood glue on the front face of the nut...
...that will hold the nut in place but will be easy to break free if needed in future.
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03-11-2021, 07:54 AM
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Acoustic wise, my Yamaha FSX800C is as well.
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03-11-2021, 09:12 AM
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I recently did the same with one of my guitars...used a bit of carpenters glue.No superglue or Gorilla glue...you may want to remove it one day and this could make it difficult.
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03-13-2021, 02:16 PM
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I use liquid hyde glue. Dries nice and brittle, and then breaks loose cleanly with a light tap of my Stew-Mac fretting hammer and small wood block  .
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