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Permalink Reply by Roland Wood on January 5, 2018 at 12:55pm

Okay, I see. Thanks y'all! And yet again... One more thing (for now). I'm going to be using a zero fret, what'll be the best way to keep my strings straight since I wont have string slots in a nut?

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Permalink Reply by Taffy Evans on January 5, 2018 at 3:06pm

Hi, with a zero fret you will still need a nut with slots to hold the strings at the correct spacing. However the slots have to be lower than the top surface of the zero fret. The zero fret will not allow you vary nut action height, unless you fit a different size fret.

cheers Taff

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Permalink Reply by Paul Cezanne on January 5, 2018 at 5:11pm

If you're not scarfing, aren't you cutting away some wood somewhere, and isn't that harder?

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Permalink Reply by Tom T on January 6, 2018 at 1:08am

With a zero fret you still have to address string alignment, but you have a couple of options.

1. A nut like string guide.

2. individual string guides (like the screws you see on some electric guitars.

3. Shape the peg head in a wedge shape so tuner posts are in the proper alignment for your string spacing.

I've used all three and each works fine.

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Permalink Reply by Roland Wood on January 6, 2018 at 8:04am

I've started shaping some antler blocks for a bridge and a nut, but if that doesn't go well I'll probably try out the screw method. Thanks!

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