Brass nut question

Just a little drop of SuperGlue or other brand equivalent. You want just enough to hold it in place, but still be able to remove it with not too much effort, should you ever have to remove it.

 

The truss rod access cover should help hold it in place as well.

 

Some butt up against the nut, some don’t.

 

Super Glue, just a drop, is good. I’ve also seen Testors model cement in the orange tube used on plastic or bone. Not sure if it would work on brass.

 

actually, almost any glue you'd use around the house will work: the idea is to hold the nut in place until the strings are tuned + the least amount of that particular glue type to do it.

 

I let the string tension hold it down.
Otherwise it's completely loose.

 

thin layer of titebond original is fine. it just needs to not fall off when all strings are removed.

 

A small amount of Super Glue - CA glue.

 

And it needs to not shift from side to side under normal conditions - which includes the occasional bump. BTW, why are drummers' cymbals always at the perfect height to inflict damage on bass headstocks? Is it a conspiracy?

 

Yes. I saw a drummer lose his mind when the bass player showed up with a Steinberger.

 

I use this stuff; the replacement for Ambroid - the original wood modeler's glue. Just a couple of small drops, preferably between the end of the fretboard and the nut is all you need. Yes, it will work on brass; it's what's been holding the brass nut on my Rick 4001 for... a long time, now. This kind of glue dries "Brittle"; it will hold fine until you give it a fairly light tap. Then it usually breaks cleanly, without pulling any wood with it; unless it's a balsa wood model... Cleans off stuff pretty easily, too...

 

uh, you should get that fixed

 

never tried that stuff, but i use a little CA for the very same reason. dries hard and brittle for good vibration transfer, breaks loose cleanly with the tap of a small hammer.

 

That brings back memories....Good old Ambroid Cement. I started using it more than 50 years ago on my balsa model airplanes. I think I would order it from SIG. Back when "ordering" meant filling out a paper form with a pencil and putting it in the mail. I used to spend hours drooling over the SIG catalog.

Well, I'll be darned. I just looked up the SIG company, and they are still around. Celebrating 66 years. I'm sure many of us bass builders started out building balsa wood model airplanes.

 

Why?
The tension of six strings holds it in place.
Besides,it gets taken off when I periodically dress the fretless fingerboard.