glue for nut

[Oldscoolfool]

I was changing he strings on a rickenbacker 4003, from the strings it came with to some new stings that were "down-tuning strings" where they are a bit thicker so they are able to be tuned way down and still sound good. The A string was too thick for the nut, and it popped off. So I held it on there and forced it on with the tension of the strings and it has been holding it on and staying in tune. The nut was just glued on, which is OK I guess considering the neck is glued on too I think.

Anyway, what I was gonna do is file the string spaces in the nut down so I can string it up like a 5 string, B E A D. But I don't know what kind of glue to use to stick it back on there. If someone could advise about that and any other tips for reattachment would be cool like if there's anything I'm missing, I mean it seems straight forward but I've never done it.

Thanks

 

[ddnidd1]

A small amount of super glue to hold it in place.

 

[Inertialsky]

Just one or two micro sized drops of CA (superglue)

you just want to tack it in place in case you need to remove it in the future.

 

[Matt Liebenau]

Just 2 literal dots of CA glue on the nut.

Sounds like you’re planning on widening the nut slots. If the string height over the first fret is already good be careful to not make them deeper. Mark the bottom of the nut slot with pencil and as long as the pencil is there you haven’t gone any deeper.

 

[Zooberwerx]

Use 2 micro-dots of the thicker gel CA. You also want to apply to the forward aspect, not the underside, so it glues-up against the end of the fingerboard. I can't overstress "micro-dots" as you don't want any overflow onto the fingerboard or other adjacent surfaces.

Riis

 

[sissy kathy]

A small amount of super glue to hold it in place.

... or wood glue, or even white glue. You aren't trying to make a strong join, it only has to be strong enough so the nut doesn't fall out if you take the strings off.

 

[StereoPlayer]

... or wood glue, or even white glue. Yous aren't trying to make a strong join, it only has to be strong enough so the nut doesn't fall out if you take the strings off.

Yes, I use wood glue. You don’t want to glue it permanent.

 

[Clark Westfield]

I used Elmers School glue when my Sadowsky nut fell out on a string change.

Just keeping it in place during the string change is all the adhesion needed.

Then string pressure does the rest.

 

[walterw]

The A string was too thick for the nut, and it popped off. So I held it on there and forced it on with the tension of the strings and it has been holding it on and staying in tune.

yikes, no!

if the strings are too big for the nut slots you're lucky you haven't broken the ends of the nut off (and you still might)

it certainly won't stay in tune as well as it should. get those slots widened until the strings slide through them with no grabbing, and have the guy who does it glue the nut back on properly (which really only means a few drops of glue on the front edge against the fretboard)

 

[SteC]

Use 2 tiny dots of Elmer's school glue or wood glue!

 

[Oldscoolfool]

Yes, I use wood glue. You don’t want to glue it permanent.

This is off topic but I see that your name implies you play a bass with dual outputs, and mostly I've seen people saying on TB that even though their ric has stereo outputs, they don't use it. I use mine, I run the neck pickup through a origin effects bass rig preamp pedal (the black onethat models old-school fender tube amps) and for the bridge I run it through an origin effects DCX Bass preamp pedal, and I run both pickups first through a source audio atlas compressor. I think it sounds great, certainly it's a sound that couldn't be replicated using only one pickup. Its like an ultrs low fuzz drive and a saturation distortion thats right in the edge of breaking up, both at the same time.

I was just wondering what effects you run your two outputs through, just because if like to try other ideas too. If you feel like telling me, that it is if not no big deal.

 

[Oldscoolfool]

Just 2 literal dots of CA glue on the nut.

Sounds like you’re planning on widening the nut slots. If the string height over the first fret is already good be careful to not make them deeper. Mark the bottom of the nut slot with pencil and as long as the pencil is there you haven’t gone any deeper.

Thanks that's good advice

 

[StereoPlayer]

This is off topic but I see that your name implies you play a bass with dual outputs, and mostly I've seen people saying on TB that even though their ric has stereo outputs, they don't use it. I use mine, I run the neck pickup through a origin effects bass rig preamp pedal (the black onethat models old-school fender tube amps) and for the bridge I run it through an origin effects DCX Bass preamp pedal, and I run both pickups first through a source audio atlas compressor. I think it sounds great, certainly it's a sound that couldn't be replicated using only one pickup. Its like an ultrs low fuzz drive and a saturation distortion thats right in the edge of breaking up, both at the same time.

I was just wondering what effects you run your two outputs through, just because if like to try other ideas too. If you feel like telling me, that it is if not no big deal.

When I use effects it's only on the bridge pu. I use a Roland GP-8 multi effects unit. Mostly a little delay, chorus, a very slow phase shifter. Maybe distortion every so often.
I've been going light lately...no effects.

 

[Oldscoolfool]

When I use effects it's only on the bridge pu. I use a Roland GP-8 multi effects unit. Mostly a little delay, chorus, a very slow phase shifter. Maybe distortion every so often.
I've been going light lately...no effects.

Yeah, I can dig that. I played for 25 years or so without ever touching an effects pedal, I just thought it cuts though the mix better and was really more about letting skill take priority over tone, but I've become more experimental lately and was just wondering what other people did with the stereo output. I wanted to see I particular I anyone was using different types of compression on each because I don't know poopie about compression. But anyway, thanks.

 

[2saddleslab]

Small amount of wood glue.