Help With Bass Nut On A Fender P-Bass!!!

[HaikuMarko]

So,

This is my situation:

I have a Fender Standard P-Bass, love the bass, it's my main rock bass and my 1st bass. I've had it for 2 years no problems, until just recently I've noticed something odd.

I notice that when I play an OPEN D in any technique style, the string pops out of its place in the nut, I looked into further, and there is no sign of major damage. The only thing I found out was that each time I played, the string popped up out! Giving me horrible tune and odd feeling when I play.

I looked into it more closely, only thing in there is rust really, NO MAJOR damage or even signs of damage but a little bit of the string rust. I looked into the other strings, they look just the same as the D-strings nut socket, they feature a little bit of rust, but they don't Pop out as the D-string does.

So, I'm not sure what to do, I'm not in a place where I can take it into a technician.

Anyone have any suggestions on what I should do? do I need to clean up the nut? replace it? or can I use some sort of home-remedy to get it over with... I really do not like the tone and how it pops out ALL the time!

Thanks mates

-Cheers!

[sockdeluxe_mike]

This is something that is normally more relevant to the A string, as this is something I and other people have encountered reasonably, but worth a try anyway - how do you wind the D string on your bass? Is is unusually high, with room to spare to wind 'lower'? Or maybe more relevant, how high is your string tree set?

[HaikuMarko]

Originally Posted by sockdeluxe_mike

This is something that is normally more relevant to the A string, as this is something I and other people have encountered reasonably, but worth a try anyway - how do you wind the D string on your bass? Is is unusually high, with room to spare to wind 'lower'? Or maybe more relevant, how high is your string tree set?

I had it well winded when I re-stringed it, I did a bit of a bridge set-up about a month ago... put the saddles a bit higher and changed the tension on the bridge for tone.

Um.... not that u mention it, it does have have room to spare, a bit, it's higher than the other 3

[Dave Vader]

I've had this on As and Es before, drop your string tree, and wind it down as low as it will go, should solve it.

[HaikuMarko]

Originally Posted by Dave Vader

I've had this on As and Es before, drop your string tree, and wind it down as low as it will go, should solve it.

Thanks! It did, it was too high.

[lousybassplayer]

sounds like you nailed it, but this is pretty common with fenders due to the lack of a headstock angle. Always make sure the string is wound from top to bottom and as low as it can go. It'll hold in place that way.

[HaikuMarko]

Originally Posted by lousybassplayer

sounds like you nailed it, but this is pretty common with fenders due to the lack of a headstock angle. Always make sure the string is wound from top to bottom and as low as it can go. It'll hold in place that way.

Pretty much! lol, they are from top to bottom, but not as low as it could go on that string... lol

I have noticed that with other fenders, not on my friends laguna bass or a music man singray