Re: Fixing Guitar Nut

"Tomas Goings" <tgif@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> My Dad bought me a guitar that hurts my fingers.
> The white part (nut?) on the headstock makes the
> strings be too high. The're more than 1/8 th. of an
> inch off the neck.
> On my friend's guitar you can not put a guitar pick
> between the strings and the neck in the 1th. fret
> without scraping both strings and neck. His guitar
> don't hurt. How can I get the nut fixed? I just
> turned 13, so my old guitar is getting to be too
> little for me. But I can't play my new guitar. I need
> help. My dad don't play and he don't understand
> my problem. He bought this guitar as a gift so I
> don't want him to think I don't like the gift he gave
> me.

You're right, the problem is the nut being too high, and it should be low.

Conceptually the adjustment is simple - it uses thin saws and files to
deepen the nut slots. In reality, it's farily skilled work as you need to
be very careful to not deepen the slots too much. It's best to find
someone skilled to tackle this job, at least the first time - the tools will
cost as much as the repair but you won't know exactly what the results are
supposed to feel like.

This adjustment is normally part of a complete setup. If you indicate the
area you're in, there's probably someone in this group who can suggest
someone qualified in your area.

HTH
-pk



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