My nut collapsed?

vindy500 · #1 10-12-2006, 02:02 AM

so i was fiddling with my truss rod trying to make everything just right and i suddenly notice my d buzzes only on open, looking at the nut and suddenly its like the nut is a lot lower ad the d string area than everywhere else, didnt use to be like that. has this ever happened to anyone else?

cabcreaser · #2 10-12-2006, 02:11 AM

might want to see a doctor . . .

KSDbass · #3 10-12-2006, 06:24 AM

try putting superglue on the nut where the D string sits until it's back to normal size, and make sure it's smooth. I've never done this, I've just heard that works.

Bruce Lindfield · #4 10-12-2006, 07:47 AM

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Originally Posted by vindy500

so i was fiddling with my truss rod trying to make everything just right and i suddenly notice my d buzzes only on open, looking at the nut and suddenly its like the nut is a lot lower ad the d string area than everywhere else, didnt use to be like that. has this ever happened to anyone else?

I have had a problem where I changed strings and some of the nut slots were too low ...

I took it back to the shop where I bought it and their resident tech explained to me how he kept ground-up "nut dust" for this purpose - so he mixed it with super glue and then built up the nut slot to the right height - all in about 20 minutes and I wasn't charged a penny!

Diego · #5 10-12-2006, 08:32 AM

This is what I do:

Take a plastic leaflet (old credit card or similar). Cut a tiny square (2x2 mm shuold be enough for the D string) and superglue it to the nut slot. Add a drop of super glue on top of the plastic you have already glued in the slot. Get a nut file and file down the groove after the superglue has dried. Done.

I don't have pics of how to do this but I hope you believe me.

Diego

vindy500 · #6 10-12-2006, 08:49 AM

thanks guys, this is on my beater bass, diy pbass, i think ill just get a new nut as the old was was poo anyway, e string pops out of its hole sometimes...

pkr2 · #7 10-12-2006, 08:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Joshua

Hold tight and stop fiddling with the truss rod. Measure you relief and see where it's at. If you've perhaps taken too much relief out of the neck it might be causing the problem.

Get the relief correctly set, and then see if there is a nut problem...

Ding!!! We have a winner. If adjusting the truss rod made the nut slots too low, a dab of super glue ain't gonna fix it.

You have just finished adjusting the truss rod. A misadjusted truss rod acts very much like too deep nut slots.

"Get the relief correctly set, and then see if there is a nut problem"