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Nuts!

Post by Ovibos » Mon May 17, 2021 10:16 am

Replaced the nut on my Squier JM HH this weekend. It was in there tight, not much glue. Very hard to remove, and sadly the little bit of the fretboard past the nut broke off and I had to glue it back. My other guitars don't have that little piece and it makes it easier to replace; something I don't love about the Fender designs.

On the plus side, the Tusq nut fit very well and required almost no modification. Had to sand off the outside shoulders so it doesn't hang off the sides, but otherwise a drop-in experience.

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Re: Nuts!

Post by schoolie » Mon May 17, 2021 1:27 pm

Ouch! It helps to score around the nut with a razor blade or x-acto knife... Happy new nut day!

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Post by Ovibos » Mon May 17, 2021 3:10 pm

schoolie wrote:
Mon May 17, 2021 1:27 pm
Ouch! It helps to score around the nut with a razor blade or x-acto knife... Happy new nut day!
Oh I tried all the tricks. Scoring with a blade, sawing the middle to collapse it, you name it.

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Re: Nuts!

Post by timtam » Tue May 18, 2021 12:21 am

Other tricks are using a punch tool and light hammer to break any glue's grip and push it out of the slot from the end ... or nippers to grip and then loosen it from above. And never use more than a tiny amount of glue on new ones (like a drop or two on the end of a toothpick). ;)
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Re: Nuts!

Post by hexes » Tue May 18, 2021 12:25 am

Ovibos wrote:
Mon May 17, 2021 3:10 pm
Oh I tried all the tricks. Scoring with a blade, sawing the middle to collapse it, you name it.
my squier vi met this fate despite how careful I was. i've had to saw the nut and use dykes or pliers on 3 others this past year. one including a squier whose nut was narrower on the bass end than the treble, as if the nut was thicknessed to fit the abhorrently cut nut slot.

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