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Nut Slot Height and Neck Relief


Nut height to match relief or relief to match the nut? - TalkBass.com

Relief will always vary a bit, but if the neck is fairly stable you'll always be in the ballpark, if there's a significant change in neck relief ...

Nut height : r/Luthier - Reddit

Comments Section · Set the truss rod so that the neck has the desired relief · The slots need to be deep enough that the string fits down to about ...

Adjusting Nut Slot Guitar | Guitar Craft Academy - Nashville

The ideal nut slot height, in terms of playability, is subjective — much like string action height at the bridge. Some players like the slots to ...

Dot action: recommended measurements for nut height and relief?

Neck relief should be between .2 and .5mm ... Most folk generally aim for .3 to .4. .. I don't know in inches sorry.

Electric guitar: Is neck relief adjusted before or after nut height?

Neck Relief always comes first. It is in no way related to nut slot height and measuring relief should always be observed and measured through a process.

How do I tell if my nut slots are too high? - The Acoustic Guitar Forum

1. Neck relief, 2. Nut slot depth, 3. Saddle height. If someone has adjusted the saddle without checking the nut slots first on the guitar in ...

Nut Slot Height and Neck Relief - The Unofficial Martin Guitar Forum

Nut slot depth will not effect relief. I use a simple method for setting the nut slots, with no measurements required.

Guitar Setup Tips and Ideas - Bryan Kimsey

008" of neck relief, as measured by capoing the first fret, holding down the low E at the body, and measuring clearance at the 7th fret. Use your truss rod to ...

Nut Making and Setup - StewMac

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 ...

Guitar Maintenance: Check Action at the Nut

This is similar to checking neck relief, but the string should move much less. If the string doesn't move at all, chances are the slot is too ...

Nut Action - frets.com

If the nut is at its ideal height, you should see a very tiny space between the string and the first fret: How much space? Well, it varies with need, but ...

How to Adjust the Nut Height on a Guitar - YouTube

Comments ; Nut Slot Depth Anyone Can Do. Guitar How To's · 131K views ; How To Measure Nut Height On A Guitar. DylanTalksTone · 26K views ; Setup the ...

Okay, string height at the nut - Telecaster Guitar Forum

When everything else is dialed in (neck relief and string action), the last thing to do is tweak the nut slots. Ideally, most guitars have a nut ...

Trying to Understand The Relationship Between Neck Relief and ...

The nut is set so the height between the strings at the nut and the first actual fret is about equal to the distance between a string fretted at ...

Opinions on nut slot height needed - My Les Paul Forum

The truss rod is to set relief. It's not a buzz adjustment. If you fret a string at the first fret and the fret where the neck hits the body ( ...

Nut Height..........(Slot Depth.....) - The Gear Page

I go as low as I can go without open string buzz. If you have the relief good and the overall string height at the bridge good then I would work ...

ok... poll please... "should the nut slots be cut so string sits exactly at ...

By extension if you could somehow level the nut slots to the same height as the frets while the neck is straight (as most builders would do ...

Neck Relief and Nut Slot Depth - My Les Paul Forum

Set your truss rod and bridge height for playability in the mid-single digit frets.. ... nut slot depth affects open string buzzing and ease ...

How to adjust a guitar nut's height - Quora

Neck Relief always comes first. It is in no way related to nut slot height and measuring relief should always be observed and measured ...

Adjusting nut slot depth - SG Guitars

Ideally, the string sits in a slot about half the height of the string. If the slot is deeper than that, some material can come off the top.