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Permalink Reply by Alan Roberts on July 29, 2010 at 10:51am

I never cut a slot in the fretboard for nuts. My fretboard is seperate from the neck, and I just glue the nut to the corner where the fretboard ends.

I have a pencil that I have ground flat on one side by holding it to a sanding disk. I lay the pencil across the frets and draw a line at the same hight as the frets. I use a thin file to cut a slot ALMOST down to the pencil line. Once the critter is strung up, I start measuring the space between the bottom of the string and the frets (called the action) and lowering the strings with my files. How low should this action be? Depends on your playing style. If you do only slide guitar, then the action can be very high. If you like to finger pick, go for a lower action.

Remember: it's easier to lower actions than raise them. If you get carried away, you MIGHT get away with filling the slot with 2-part epoxy and a razor blade, then filing again. But if you take it slow, you won't have to do that.

Permalink Reply by stan bryars on July 29, 2010 at 3:33pm

I use various sizes of all thread for my nuts

I just use my fret saw to slot out where the nut should center and then use whatever size all thread I will be using to file out the notch for the nut
I never glue it down so that the user can raise or lower the nut by changing out the all thread insert

I set my nut about the height of a government nickle over the frets

Permalink Reply by Steven on July 29, 2010 at 6:24pm

Stan
What is an "all thead"?

stan bryars said:

I use various sizes of all thread for my nuts

I just use my fret saw to slot out where the nut should center and then use whatever size all thread I will be using to file out the notch for the nut
I never glue it down so that the user can raise or lower the nut by changing out the all thread insert

I set my nut about the height of a government nickle over the frets

Permalink Reply by Steven on July 30, 2010 at 2:33am

I meant what is an "all thread"

Steven said:

Stan
What is an "all thead"?

stan bryars said:

I use various sizes of all thread for my nuts

I just use my fret saw to slot out where the nut should center and then use whatever size all thread I will be using to file out the notch for the nut
I never glue it down so that the user can raise or lower the nut by changing out the all thread insert

I set my nut about the height of a government nickle over the frets

Permalink Reply by stan bryars on August 17, 2010 at 3:47pm

Sorry been away
All thread is also called threaded rod in some cultures

it's just a long long screw with no head, you can find it in different sizes at HD
I have also just cut the head off a screw or bolt before

Steven said:

I meant what is an "all thread"

Steven said:

Stan
What is an "all thead"?

stan bryars said:

I use various sizes of all thread for my nuts

I just use my fret saw to slot out where the nut should center and then use whatever size all thread I will be using to file out the notch for the nut
I never glue it down so that the user can raise or lower the nut by changing out the all thread insert

I set my nut about the height of a government nickle over the frets