Noticed a slight problem when I was changing strings

[marc61]

Apologies Charlie, I was joking about the super glue. If this happened once, it's going to happen again. This is probably the reason Fender sells the pre- fabbed nuts in packs of 2. If I use any glue, it'll be something simple.

[nbfanca]

Well I'm an idiot, but it is sill a good idea. One drop about dead center, and its probably better if you use the 5 tubes for a dollar superglue from Wallmart rather than the good stuff. You just want something that will take up the imbalance between the strings. The advantage of superglue in this application is that it dries fast - not that it holds strong.

And because we're talking Fender here, you will probably have to sand the edges of the nut to get it to fit in the slot. Make sure its a tight fit.

[nbfanca]

A silly story.

The second guitar I ever "built" was a telecaster from parts about 20-more than I'd like to mention- years ago. Since I was just learning, I was worried about cutting the nut and went through a process where I would slowly reshape and deepen the slots in the nut over the period of a few days.

After a few years of playing the guitar, I took it apart to fix a finish blemish. Only then did I realize that I had never glued the nut in, but it seemed to work fine for a few years.

[doctorwho]

A silly story.

The second guitar I ever "built" was a telecaster from parts about 20-more than I'd like to mention- years ago. Since I was just learning, I was worried about cutting the nut and went through a process where I would slowly reshape and deepen the slots in the nut over the period of a few days.

After a few years of playing the guitar, I took it apart to fix a finish blemish. Only then did I realize that I had never glued the nut in, but it seemed to work fine for a few years.

Good story!

[marc61]

Charlie, I installed a brass nut in my 4001 when I wuz a youngin' myself. Never glued it in. What can I say? It worked. Then when Ken Smith installed the badass II, he worked on the the string slots a little, and he secured it. Until then, it shouldn't have stayed in place, but it did.

[ken_j]

I played a Guild acoutic for years without the nut being glued in. The only time it was a pain was when I changed strings.

[marc61]

Got the replacement nut. It's slightly narrower. Installed with no glue. Stay in place, and in tune fine. Still gonna look for the correct one