Guitar nut replacement tool.

[John Parchem]

I had to replace a nut so I just tried out this european guitar nut making tool and was really impressed. First warning it is a lot more expensive than a half pencil, but I am writing about it because it allowed me to make a better nut. Here is a link to the instructions. I have never been so close just running the process. If the frets are worn a bit, there is some gauged wire to lift the nut deepening the slots. THe default worked for me.

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The tool has a vice to hold the nut. The vice has two sliding plates. Indexed on fret board the vice is set to the depth of the slot. This creates a step in the jig identical to the guitars nut slot depth. A template is attached to the vice that allows one to properly size and radius the nut.

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Filing or sand into to the edges of the vice, perfectly sizes and radius the nut, such that when the slots are cut there will be a bit more on the bass side than the treble.

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Sized nut

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The nut size template is swapped out for as string depth template and a proportionally spaced slot guide is added.

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The string spacing guide is removed after slotting the nut to depth. Still in the vice nut files gauge the slots, using the vice as a reference.

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The nut was perfect for all but the two bass strings (probably my preference). Just took a few strokes to correct.

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