I dont know if you already done this but go get a polishing creme for metals from a hardware store and rub it hard with a cloth....not only it ll look beyond awesome polished but it ll also be clean and the nut grooves ultra slick....i have two brass nuts in two of my strats and they are beyond awesome. Of course do the poilishing while the nut is out or else mask the surrounding area cause the amount of blackness it ll produce is beyond words.
@Robert-Smith
Жыл бұрын
If the sides are too high you may get a sitar sound or buzzing but if not and there is no trapping it would be fine
@kevinpaul1719
8 жыл бұрын
Making it deeper will fuck it up. The strings should just float on top of that grove. I have a set of files and they are just for cutting new bone nuts.
@jayjaykombacker380
10 жыл бұрын
That was a shock! I I am going to get myself a vise, and try something a little different.
@popogejo7245
2 жыл бұрын
Of all the YT how-to videos I watch I have yet to see anyone file correctly! Why is that? To not lift the file off the metal on the back stroke just ruins the file in no time. Diamond grit is a different matter, but files with cut teeth dull themselves almost instantly when you drag em across the metal backwards, even if what you are cutting is softer. (brass v. steel, ect)
@jimmunhall
9 жыл бұрын
I have a feeling you should be using a feeler gauge between your first fret and the bottom side of your strings. I think you want between .010 - .012. Just sayin'
@Sprong4
10 жыл бұрын
would have been way easier just to sand the bottom surface of the nut
@wmralder
10 жыл бұрын
Actually, the bottom of the nut is curved to fit the neck slot. Sanding it would have been a lot more difficult. Besides, it's made out of brass and is a lot harder than it looks. I really don't think sandpaper would touch it.
@Sprong4
10 жыл бұрын
your supposed to lay the sand paper on one of the frets and sand the nut against it, giving it the curved surface. and if you can file it you could still probably manage to sand it with enough time and patience.
@jimjimm2134
9 жыл бұрын
Sprong4 for sure you can put the sand paper on the fret board and sand it like you said, that way you keep the true radius of your neck being all will be a little different from the factory and stewmac has slot files for $13.73 each, their files hold up very well I have a set for fender string gauges 10-42 here is a link to the files www.stewmac.com/Luthier_Tools/Types_of_Tools/Files/Gauged_Nut_Slotting_Files.html
@kevinpaul1719
8 жыл бұрын
See the low E ! That is perfect. Nut files should be as hard to get as a gun! Please stop!
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