jimmac Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 My coworker put a new bone nut on his acoustic guitar and now wants to deepen the grooves in the nut. He is looking at file sets but dones not want to spend the $70 plus for the set StewMac has. Some sets we looked at on line are very cheap and we both fear they may not work well. I am also concerned that some with 6 files have the smallest as 10 and some of us use 8's or 9's on solid body electrics and the 10 might not work well on a future project. Any suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desertbluesman Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 Good luck with that amigo. I have had the Stew Mac Set for many years now and I never once used them, in fact I have no idea where they are. dbm If it sounds good, it is good !! http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=143231&content=music Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmac Posted November 12, 2018 Author Share Posted November 12, 2018 He ended up buying welding torch tip cleaners and carefully worked the grooves deeper. Trying it for a week or two before considering doing a little more. We are both hobby types and know like fitting a board better to have to shave it shorter several times and get it right than to hurry and go in this project too deep. Thanks Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timtheshredder Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 For the future, you could just remove the nut and sand down the bottom of the nut. That would effectively lower all of the string slots without needing a nut file at all. Obviously, that assumes that they are all the right depth respectively. If you need to lower just one slot, you'll need some type of nut slot file. Glad you got it taken care of though. "Too many people believe guitar lesson websites. One way to be great. Practice. Period."Z Wylde Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d halfnote Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 OOOOOOOOOOOPS ----- Thought this was concerning someone's info collection on gtr fanatics. [video:youtube] d=halfnote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitefang Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 I started out with NOTHING...and I still have most of it left! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannyalcatraz Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 OOOOOOOOOOOPS ----- Thought this was concerning someone's info collection on gtr fanatics. [video:youtube] Hilariously, youre not alone! Sturgeon's 2nd Law, a.k.a. Sturgeon's Revelation: âNinety percent of everything is crapâ My FLMS- Murphy's Music in Irving, Tx http://murphysmusictx.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larryz Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 I admit to being a guitar nut! I hope nobody tries to sand down my bottom LOL! I think my cuts are deep enough too! Take care, Larryz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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