Perfect Nut String Channels Source: Guitar Neck How To Cut Nut String Slots: Filing the string slots for a guitar nut can be a very fussy or exacting project and if you don’t get it just right, you will have a guitar that is improperly Tools and Materials: Needle Files: Xacto Razor Saw Vernier Calipers [...]

Fitting the Guitar Nut is very much of a precision procedure. One little slip, or if you trip just a little too much off the nut and the nut is ruined. Take your time and follow these easy steps to get the guitar nut fit exactly right the first time and save a lot of frustration.

Getting the slots set up on a guitar nut may seem like a simple or even an unimportant job, but it is often the nut and the way it is set up that can govern a guitar’s action, intonation and clean crisp sound. It is one of the more important elements in a quality acoustic or classical guitar and it’s importance should not be underestimated.