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A Fast, Easy Way to Fix Your Nut Slot
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| 2018-10-23
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Posted on 10/23/2018 8:54:33 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: To-Whose-Benefit?
Thats why you invest in a few small files, or like me, own a set of die makers files.Yall need a set of flat, automotive feeler gauges too.
Yeah, I have all that stuff and lots more. I'm a lifelong tool and die machinist, now retired, as well as a pro level, (working) bassist\guitarist. Your tips are spot on but I never want to use a file on a slot. For the nut I will lap them on a flat surface or grind stone if I need them shorter always trying to maintain a perfectly flat bottom. I'm talking about setting the nut, not cutting the string slots. For that I use a feeler gauge and a lot of exp. (smile)
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posted on
10/23/2018 11:44:59 PM PDT
by
Bullish
(I'm not going to say "I told you so" about FaceBook... I'm just going to put it in my tagline.)
To: Rebelbase; Lazamataz; Slings and Arrows
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posted on
10/24/2018 1:13:02 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
To: Bullish
Yup (smile) but we don’t always have the luxury of being the 1st one to have some old collectible mathom land on our bench.
Gotta go in and clean up someone else’s mess. And sometimes that was a Fender style with binding on it and old glue already in it. Then I had to use the flat/90 degree chisel end on a file (with a q-tip of lacquer thinner) to dig it out 1st.
Had to dig old glue out of plenty of fret slots on Pauls and such too. Thinner, an exacto blade, and patience.
I think it’s funnier than all get out to see “experts” on youtube go on about how all the good “tonewood” was used up years ago.
To the best of my knowledge the Good Lord hasn’t reached down and changed the genes in mahogany and ebony trees in the last 20 years. As for Rosewood there’s at least 22 species going under that name. Cut it right, store it right , let it unwind and reach the right moisture content and you can build top end guitars that sound just as - “Oooh. This one’s Got that VooDoo” - as anything made in the 50s and 60s.
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posted on
10/24/2018 1:14:18 AM PDT
by
To-Whose-Benefit?
(It is Error alone which needs the support of Government. The Truth can stand by itself.)
To: Rebelbase
You posted this JUST for the title, DINT’cha’ ?
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posted on
10/24/2018 2:11:36 AM PDT
by
knarf
To: SamAdams76
I’m only here for the pictures of the nut sluts.
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posted on
10/24/2018 2:23:26 AM PDT
by
Robert A Cook PE
(The democrats' national goal: One world social-communism under one world religion: Atheistic Islam.)
To: Bullish
I broke the nut on my Strat too. It was a shame really, I really liked how the strings felt with it.
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posted on
10/24/2018 2:36:19 AM PDT
by
wastedyears
(The left would kill every single one of us and our families if they knew they could get away with it)
To: Still Thinking
I hate when my nut slot is the wrong depth.Like my dad used to say “These jeans remind me of a cheap hotel — no ballroom!”
LBJ ordering pants.
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posted on
10/24/2018 2:51:59 AM PDT
by
KevinB
(If I'm ever arrested, I'm switching parties.)
To: Rebelbase
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posted on
10/24/2018 3:04:40 AM PDT
by
dangus
("The floor of Hell is paved with the skulls of bishops" -- St. Athanasius)
To: SamAdams76
I’m right there with you. I knew the article was about guitars only due to the preview text that appears below the title. Then I thought, “Wow. Now there’s a title that will be subject to misinterpretation!”
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posted on
10/24/2018 4:09:54 AM PDT
by
Captain Rhino
(Determined effort today forges tomorrow.)
To: Rebelbase
I guess front hole wasn’t going over so well. On to the next euphemism.
To: Rebelbase
Don’t put your drawers on backwards.
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posted on
10/24/2018 4:18:36 AM PDT
by
Islander7
(There is no septic system so vile, so filthy, the left won't drink from to further their agenda)
To: Bullish
Try a Brass guitar nut. I think Gibson makes a titanium nut, and Aluminum has been used for years. There is also Zero Fret option. I can't play a lick but I have watched a lot of luthiers instead of news lately.
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posted on
10/24/2018 5:37:13 AM PDT
by
itsahoot
(Welcome to the New USA where Islam is a religion of peace and Christianity is a mental disorder.)
To: Rebelbase
If there’s a guitar ping list throw me in too
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posted on
10/24/2018 6:33:12 AM PDT
by
backspace
(Please don't laugh at my tagline)
To: Rebelbase
Someone have a FReeper guitar ping list?
If there is one, I would like to be on it.
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posted on
10/24/2018 7:28:48 AM PDT
by
left that other site
(For America to have CONFIDENCE in our future, we must have PRIDE in our HISTORY... DJT)
To: Rebelbase
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posted on
10/24/2018 7:35:02 AM PDT
by
M Kehoe
(DRAIN THE SWAMP!)
To: M Kehoe
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posted on
10/24/2018 7:40:44 AM PDT
by
Rebelbase
(..)
To: Rebelbase
I thought you said “nut slut.”
My bad.
5.56mm
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posted on
10/24/2018 7:45:16 AM PDT
by
M Kehoe
(DRAIN THE SWAMP!)
To: SamAdams76
OK, I admit clicking into this thread based on the title alone. Same
To: Rebelbase; Skooz
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posted on
10/24/2018 7:53:25 AM PDT
by
Verbosus
(/* No Comment */)
To: Skooz; waterhill; mitch5501; OrioleFan; jdsteel; Mama Shawna; Ignatz; Bullish; wastedyears; ...
Guitar and Bass ping list testing!
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posted on
10/24/2018 8:21:37 AM PDT
by
Rebelbase
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