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Date: 05-Aug-04 @ 10:04 AM -
RE: Replacing a nut
oddly I too have just now got to change the NUT on my acoustic which broke last week.
NUT's usualy are located with some easy-to-snap-off glue - designed to break off with a smart tap with some instrument - in other words it shouldnt be fixed with a strong adhesive - it should be as simple as knocking the old one off and putting a new one on.
mind you, if it's an old precision who knows... our bassist's got one, but I never checked how the nut is fitted
to swap the necks they'd have to have a similar fitting and the same scale length of course...
actualy I've got an old precision neck somewhere lying around, an early one with the telecaster style headstock, but again, cant remember how the nut is fitted.... hang on.....
well i just rooted it out - it's standard NUT... it should come off with a sharp tap, mebbe put a bit of dowl against one end and rap the dowl with a hammer sharply - it shouldnt have to be sawn off, it should use a lite glue.
New ones are easy to get, but you could add a brass nut or bone or plastic or even graphite
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