How To Replace or Adjust the Nut of Your Guitar

Nut Slot = The slot of the nut that the string passes through Nut Shelf = The area of the neck that the nut rests upon That Nut Shelf needs to

The ”correct” height for the slot is just high enough so that the string clears the first fret without buzzing Before you do anything to the

nut slot depth To check nut-slot height, hold the string down at the third fret, and see how much it moves over the first fret This is similar to checking

nut slot height To allow the strings to clear the top of the first fret, the bottoms of the slots should be 030 higher than the fret height Use your feeler gauges to find