Nuts and nut filing

Hi all,

On my last discussion regarding cigar box joinery, I uploaded some final pics of the guitar I built with dovetails. It turned out fantastically, but I made one crucial error I suspect is something a lot of you have already dealt with and overcome: I filed the nut slots for the strings a hair too low. As a result, I get a wee bit of buzz on the high strings when played open.

The question: is there any way to correct that problem on the nut I’ve glued on, or do I need to pop it off and start over? Thanks for any thoughts!

C

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Permalink Reply by BrianQ. on November 18, 2019 at 11:31am
Permalink Reply by Chris Wharton on November 18, 2019 at 11:54am

AWESOME. Thank you BrianQ!

Permalink Reply by Taffy Evans on November 19, 2019 at 12:09am

Hi Chris, I f  it's a bone nut I've always used bone dust and ca glue.

Taff

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