Nut depth

Dave Bagwill · Post by **Dave Bagwill** » Fri Sep 15, 2017 4:03 pm

You will see the pic attached, if I remember to attach it; it comes from the KMG 'manual' online.

I can't tell from the angle of the shot, but it looks like the bottom of the nut is a tad below the bottom of the fretboard - I think it's just the angle, but my question is - would it make any difference if the nut is a 'tad' below the fb bottom?

A student went too far in cutting the neck slot, and I did the same thing myself once, and it was truly a PITA to shim it up, use wood filler, whatever - probably should have just chalked it up to experience and carried on?

What do you think, you thinkers?

ken cierp · Post by **ken cierp** » Sat Sep 16, 2017 9:31 am

New nut?

CA a shim to the nut and trim excess -- I've done this dozens of times.

Dave Bagwill · Post by **Dave Bagwill** » Sat Sep 16, 2017 11:06 am

So,if the notch for the nut is too deep, shim with mahogany or whatever the neck is made of?

ken cierp · Post by **ken cierp** » Sat Sep 16, 2017 12:17 pm

Sure --- most agree its best to glue the shim to the nut, I suppose you could shim the slot but I'd think that would be mroe difficult.

Dave Bagwill · Post by **Dave Bagwill** » Sat Sep 16, 2017 12:23 pm

Ok thanks!

ken cierp · Post by **ken cierp** » Sat Sep 16, 2017 12:35 pm

Very important to have the bottom of the slot perfectly flat to assure proper sound transmission.

Dave Bagwill · Post by **Dave Bagwill** » Sat Sep 16, 2017 2:26 pm

Any idea how Martin cuts that slot - is it with a fixture of some sort?

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