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Post by dixiechicken on Oct 26, 2007 15:37:04 GMT -7
DC here! Just wanted to share this tip that I have recently practiced on my Warmoth Telecaster. I have since I put it together in March this year - been experimenting with the intonation, the action and string height. Tried various releases of the neck straight, slightly concave etc. Everything to find the playability I was looking for! When I found the action I wanted I found out the the E first string was buzzing when I hit it - without fretting any note. Bummer . This is what I did:Take a little bit of sodium bicarbonate on the fingertip put it into the nut slot to fill it up a bit. After that you put a tiny drop or two of super glue in the slot onto the bicarbonate. Let it dry thoroughly. ( I played it safe - three hours ) Wipe off excess bicarbonate. I put the string back in the slot - it wouldn't stay in the slot while bending the E-string from G to an A in the F-barre position. Borrowed .010 nut-file at the music-store and used it carefully until the string would stay in the nut slot, while bending. Problem fixed - last part took maybe 4-5 minutes The white color of the sodium bicarbonate didn't even shine through - although I'm sure it will in some cases. There was a little superfluous super glue on top of the nut beside the slot - I took a little steel-wool and did some careful swipes. Now you must really look very close to see that an amateur had been having a field day. Cheers: Dixiechicken
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Post by Telemanic on Oct 27, 2007 10:28:04 GMT -7
Nice! .... Ive heard of the crazy glue trick to correct for going too deep on the slot but never the Arm and hammer! Hey and as a bonus you can deoderize your fridge with the left over too!
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Post by zgrip on Oct 30, 2007 9:21:31 GMT -7
yow, that's a lot of work, think I'd just spring for a new nut.
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Post by billyguitar on Oct 30, 2007 9:51:14 GMT -7
No it's not a lot of work at all. Instead of the sodium stuff I file dust off of a blank nut and use that dust to color the super glue. I put some masking tape on either side of the nut in case I drip any glue. It works pretty good. It does change the tone of the open string a bit though. Seems to slightly deaden the sound. At least it does when I do it.
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Post by zgrip on Oct 30, 2007 10:09:17 GMT -7
Yeah, I would have to think the baking soda fix would definitely affect the tone.
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Post by Hohn on Oct 30, 2007 10:32:33 GMT -7
It changes the tone because the slot is no longer nice and flat on the bottom, and the string won't resonate improperly.
If you have a small nut file and can re-level the slot, it should work well.
JH
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Post by billyguitar on Oct 30, 2007 12:45:28 GMT -7
I rarely get to play any open strings so it doesn't bother me. Our tunes are all in horn keys, E flat, B flat, C, etc..
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Post by dixiechicken on Oct 30, 2007 15:33:19 GMT -7
"Hohn" is right - as usual I might add! ;D I borrowed a nut-file for the re-finishing of the nut slot and it works vey well. The impact on tone is minimal - that is I don't hear any difference at all. ( may not mean very much... of course - my ears have never been what they used to be The amount of work is also minimal - instead af getting a whole new nut - re-slotting, glueing, finishing etc etc. (just for fixing one slot??) Cheers: Dixiechicken!
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