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A Different Way Of Adjusting A Guitar Nut

Wednesday, July 20th, 2011

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Most new guitars arrive from the factory with the nut just barely playable. Older guitars may have the nut filed or worn down so much that fret buzz cannot be eliminated by neck or string height adjustment. If you have a new guitar, or you are replacing the nut with a new one, here is an alternative method to file and adjust the nut material to make your guitar play like the professionals guitars play.

Before you adjust anything, check that your guitar is strung up properly and that the neck is straight. If your neck is bowed you first need to adjust the truss rod. If your neck is warped it will require a more extensive repair. Level and crown your frets to avoid fret buzz.

You will need a set of nut files and a good set of feeler gauges as well. Different grades of sandpaper will come in handy, too.

Fret strings individually, starting with the High E, use your feeler gauge to determine the space between the bottom of the string and the first fret. You should have approximately .005″ of space between each one, with the string barely touching the second fret. If you are done, then you can proceed to the next string, right up to the Low E string. You may want to record the gap on a scrap piece of paper as you move across the fret board, to see the nut slot’s height in relation to the fret board as you do so.

Most players use a string height of 3/64″. There are also some players who want it higher with 4/64″, and others with a light touch choose a 2/64″ height, which can be difficult for most.

But if you want, you can just use the traditional method to set the string height, which involves using feeler gauges below the nut and filing down to the factory depth and width. For me, this method works better.

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