Luthier's Tips & Tricks #3 - Proper nut slotting height

That's a FLAT radius for a Strat! Think of it as an acoustic neck, then: verify whether the nut slot itself is flat or curved on the bottom

Luthier's Tips & Tricks #3 - Proper nut slotting height Nut Slot height to contact a fingerboard Slide the gauge to headstock keeping both legs contacting a fingerboard Step Gauge will stop when the

That's a FLAT radius for a Strat! Think of it as an acoustic neck, then: verify whether the nut slot itself is flat or curved on the bottom

edc slot How do you slot the nut correctly then? The basic idea when slotting your nut is file the slots as low as possible

The gauge comes equipped with the 3 most common nut height sizes plus 3 additional sizes to accommodate

nuts and bolts slot John Carruthers shows us the proper way to adjust the nut on a Stratocaster This video is step

To cut nut slots I start by setting feeler gauges for the height of the 1st fret + , that seems pretty safe to avoid cutting too deep, and then I