Widening nut slots without nut files. | TalkBass.com Widening nut slots without nut files. Discussion in 'Hardware, Setup & Repair [BG]' started by ... I used a pre-cut Tusq nut once whose slots were a bit narrow, to replace a chipped nut. ... On an e string slot I started trying to use one of the files out of a harbor freight needle set but quickly grew frustrated with that. cutting nut slots : The Steel Guitar Forum I bought some aluminum angle stock that I plan to use for the nut. Is there a good/acceptable way to cut slots without files made for that purpose? I may never make another guitar again, so if I can avoid the expense, that would be nice. If I HAVE to get nut files, what's the fewest I could get away with buying? Deepening nut slots without nut files? | My Les Paul Forum I'm swapping the stock nut on my Squier Strat with GFS nut, and I don't have the money for nut files. I need to deepen the slots a bit, from there I... Files - the tools for cutting the slots
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Tool for cutting nut slots? | Page 2 | The Gear Page Tool for cutting nut slots? Discussion in ' ... What do I use to shape the slot? I was told I Ned to cut the slot lower, shape the slot and then polish. I don't see how i could fit sandpaper into a guitar string slot. This only for electric guitars. ... To file individual nut slots, the commercially available slot files are pretty expensive. ... Nuts - how to cut the slots - welcome to my home page The slot itself needs to be shaped in a way that it not only fits the diameter of each individual string, but also such that the string has firm contact with the nut at the very front of the slot. This defines the end of the vibrating string length, and if it's not right, intonation will be impaired at the very least, and you may well find your string sizzling like a sitar string. Gauged Nut Slotting Files | stewmac.com
May 20, 2016 ... Should you begin by filing the nut slots down when the strings are too high ... So to get a good clean setup without this unwanted interference, .... Measure the distance between the strings and the 1st fret, and adjust as needed: file down the nut slots if .... But all need adjusting … got my work cut out for me.
Topic: Question about cutting nut slots: Charlie Fitzsimmons Member . ... As to the nut, files are best, or you can possibly be gentle with a coping saw. If it's for a dobro, Paul Beard sells pre-notched bone nuts, but you still need a saw and a belt sander to get a correct fit. Or a lot of elbow grease. Dragonwing - Cutting a nut without tears
The slot itself needs to be shaped in a way that it not only fits the diameter of each individual string, but also such that the string has firm contact with the nut at the very front of the slot. This defines the end of the vibrating string length, and if it's not right, intonation will be impaired at the very least, and you may well find your string sizzling like a sitar string.
Nuts - how to cut the slots - welcome to my home page More on bridges in due time, but the principles here apply to bridge slots on the viol and violin families, guitars, mandolins, and so on. Here's a page on the files and so on you need to cut nuts. Back to the repair index page.
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