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Ricardo
Posts: 14971
Joined: Dec. 14 2004
From: Washington DC
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RE: Help with nut (in reply to Manitas de Lata)
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When i go to the second one i realized that the nut was all loose (WTF?) , i think this isnt a stock feature ... so i saw a classical girl changing strings and the nut of her guitar was all loose (Wtf again) like it was a normal thing.. ABSOLUTELY a normal thing!!!! You are not supposed to take ALL the darn strings off, you can just slack them if necessary, but when changing do one at a time. Otherwise if they must come off then put a little clear tape piece on the nut so you don’t lose it (or put it back in backwards, which is what you would certainly do. ). And when you do make sure you have it aligned as you like (I always push my nuts on EVERY GUITAR I own, a bit up toward the bass side off center, and yes EVERY single nut on all 18 of my guitars are loose enough for an easy slide if the strings are slacking, (except on the Kramer and Ibanez which have locking nut mechanisms). The reason you don’t want your nut NOR THE BONE SADDLE fitting too snug in the slot is because your guitar and EVERY GUITAR, is made of WOOD. And Ironically, you are using hydrate or whatever wacky thing, the truth is WATER is getting drawn in or expelled at any given moment on your guitar. When it is expelled, things get loose. If the guitar drinks up too much water than you will NEVER be able to change a bone saddle or nut, it will get locked in place. I have to say I have seen this happen to Cejillas (trad style) and Calvijas (pegs). One time I had a gig out door on a humid day and the cejila locked and I could not get it off. Plyers was the only way. Anyway, you don’t want this going on with nuts and bones and yes it is normal that can just fall right out if the guitar is super dry (which yours probably is).
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Date Jan. 3 2024 12:06:23
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Manitas de Lata
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Joined: Oct. 9 2018
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RE: Help with nut (in reply to Ricardo)
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thanks Ricardo , never happen this before (i guess..) not even with the electric. but today when i was driving to work , it crossed my mind.... the guitars are now on a place with less humidity and some more temp. degrees, so what you say makes sense , the guitar was with more humidity , now is more confortable and thats why it happen. Thanks a lot , going to try put the strings on PS: theres no wacky thing , its a fret hydrate , very common for decades, so , to clean (with the lemon oil) the fingerboard , hydrate (with the hydrate)and wax (with the wax..) the guitar had to put off the strings , since i had to change them anyway
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