|  | 
05-26-2010, 12:14 PM
| | Registered User
its all about "THE POCKET" | | | | | the gap under the nut
Sign in to disble this ad
there is a slight gap behind my nut and under it. is this a problem.....if it is, how do i fix it? |
05-26-2010, 12:18 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brookfield, CT | | | Is it firmly glued in place? If so, don't worry about it. |
05-26-2010, 12:19 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Frederick, Maryland | | | to mee, it looks like possibly a bad glue-job. Excess glue could be making the nut elevate, creating the gap.
__________________
11 ov 25. We are Mothman.
I put the POWER in powerpop.
|
05-26-2010, 12:20 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada | | | Is that the gap between your nut and the floor, or your nut and your underwear/jeans? I can't help without more information...
__________________
The Official Fender Precision Bass Club #498, Reggae Bassists Club, The Mediocre Bassist Club #566
|
05-26-2010, 01:10 PM
| | Registered User
its all about "THE POCKET" | | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by PBassFunk  Is that the gap between your nut and the floor, or your nut and your underwear/jeans? I can't help without more information... | theres a thin gap behind the nut on the head and under the nut towards the top of the wood of the fretboard. i figured it would be fine though because the strings are causing tension on the nut holding it down....am i right? |
05-27-2010, 12:16 AM
| | | | there should be no gap between the nut and the end of the fretboard wood.
if there is, that nut needs to be popped off, sanded and shaped if necessary to fit right, and re-glued tightly
__________________
Walter Wright
Guitar Repair Gnome
Alpha Music, VA Beach
|
05-27-2010, 09:16 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Ohio | | | Loosen the strings and you might find that the glue holding the nut in place has given up, and tuning up to pitch has pulled it towards the head.
If so, clean it up, glue it back in, then pry your glued fingers slowly away from the now attached nut...yep, I did it. |
05-27-2010, 09:29 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Bridgewater, Virginia | | | The gap under the nut. *snicker*
__________________
Things we like, we hold onto for fear of losing it. Things we love, we let go because we know we'll always go back to it.
|
06-04-2010, 04:44 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada | | These guys knew what they were talking about. I didn't, so I said something silly. Sorry about that! 
__________________
The Official Fender Precision Bass Club #498, Reggae Bassists Club, The Mediocre Bassist Club #566
|
06-05-2010, 01:52 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Birmingham, UK | | | You can see from the picture that the nut is in fine, it's just too wide. (the shelf, or 'slot' is too narrow), all that's happened is that the nut protrudes beyond it's shelf and out onto the back-anlged headstock. Even if it looks a bit shonky, as long as the nut is set up ok (the leading edge on the fretboard side), that nut is going nowhere.
__________________
Every ding has a story. Team Trace Elliot #3 Christian P&W bassist #97 EHX club #23 Boss rocks! club #17 British bassist #68 Quote:
Originally Posted by Relic That's your masterly-bated fish hook. | |
06-05-2010, 03:09 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Here we are... | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Araillac The gap under the nut. *snicker* | Taint?
__________________ Quote:
Originally Posted by John Carter Vending toothbrush machine will need to know when we forget to brush the wife during the trip and instant we will get the machine. | |
06-05-2010, 03:12 AM
| | Registered User
its all about "THE POCKET" | | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Jimbob Jones You can see from the picture that the nut is in fine, it's just too wide. (the shelf, or 'slot' is too narrow), all that's happened is that the nut protrudes beyond it's shelf and out onto the back-anlged headstock. Even if it looks a bit shonky, as long as the nut is set up ok (the leading edge on the fretboard side), that nut is going nowhere. | thanks, it seems firmly in place | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
Posting Rules
| You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts
HTML code is On | | | |
