STEWMAC: Essential Nut Making Tool Kit
Loading...
Link to this comment:
Uploader Comments (stewartmacdonald)
Top Comments
-
Dan's the man
3 years ago 6
-
Indeed he his. His guitar repair book is great.
2 years ago 4
All Comments (16)
-
ITS TOO EXPENSIVE DUDE im not making your friggin boat payments!!!
-
I love buying guitar kits online and putting them together, but I have had an ongoing problem. I keep getting a wine from the high E string when it's played open. I have had this happen on more than one guitar. They come with a cheap plastic nut, but I can't figure out if it's because the string is not set into the slot or what? please help...
-
@antman2117 If I had a 200 000 dollar guitar, I wouldn't even dream of servicing it myself....that's crazy!!! Go to a pro...of course that is if you really do own a 59'.... ;)
-
Amazing man and "goose bumps" voice :D
-
@antman2117 Shim up under the nut, not under the strings!
-
I have the set. It is terrific. The vice is well made, and the files with the saw make cutting a breeze. Also a great kit if you are starting out on a repair career. The ruler is a great piece of workmanship.
-
@hockey14822 What price would you put on a nut for a 1959 Gibson Les Paul? Or maybe a 1963 Strat. Most luthiers would charge $60.00 to $80.00 for a new bone nut and a setup with new strings. If you do this for a living the price is very cheap compared to buying the tools seperately. Buying seperately, just the files for different width strings including basses would be well over $200.00. I have seen very few $200.00 guitars I would buy. Maybe a Mexi Tele though. Don't have one!
-
I like Dan's no nonsense approach to everything. He says and does it like it is!
- 2:01How to measure guitar top thicknessby stewartmacdonald13,284 views
- 1:24Guitar fret/fingerboard levelerby stewartmacdonald12,943 views
- 1:42Behkol solvent for shellacs and stainsby stewartmacdonald4,535 views
- 1:41Guitar shop starter kit from Stewart MacDonaldby stewartmacdonald11,400 views
- 9:31The nut - how to do it?by laspijker9,604 views
- 7:06Installing a Fender LSR Roller Nut - Part 3by LFraserS7,215 views
- 5:38Stewart MacDonald SUCK !!!by davey45579,033 views
- 6:16Guitar Nut Details - Billy Penn 300guitars.comby 300guitars11,430 views
- 5:12guitar nut string depthby dblermann2,466 views
- 4:59Guitar Setup Nut Adjustmentby shockalotti22,631 views
- 2:59Guitar Nut Problemsby JamPlayDotCom18,857 views
- 4:35The only TWO WAYS to keep a guitar in tune.by TunerDoc201045,650 views
- 4:20Setting Up Your Bass Guitar: Nut Action Height ...by ElixirStringsMedia14,367 views
- 8:17How to do a sunburst finishby KingBlossomGuitars177,232 views
- 9:57refretting a Fender stratocaster PART 3 (removi...by smbstressfest59,790 views
- 7:30Filing nut slots with gauged filesby butcheringthiscover4,279 views
- 3:28This Taylor Acoustic Guitar is Crapby davey455732,964 views
- 5:52Building a Guitar ep13 - Nut part 2-2by marcoamf19773,727 views
- 1:29How to Shim Up a Low Nut on an Acoustic Guitar ...by FretMDVideo11,854 views
- 8:56Warmoth Strat Build (part 11)by smbstressfest9,344 views
I have a 1959 Les Paul, and I just use a little bit of tape or thin paper under the strings when the nut's slots got worn down and too low. Is that an OK way to fix it, or should I take my guitar to a Gibson repairman? Les S. Moore
antman2117 1 year ago
@antman2117 Shimming the nut is something many of us have done over the years. (Years ago, a torn piece of matchbook cover was used pretty often.) This is a stopgap measure that can be expected to dampen your tone a little, but if shimming works for you until you can put a new higher nut in the guitar, no harm done!
stewartmacdonald 1 year ago