nut height question

[chilievans]

Quick question

What its the correct height for a bass nut to be cut at?

[BassBus]

This might be useful to you.

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cI9Y9MsmnEc&list=FL4vFv6-gg4sDK0K8YK770sA&index=11&feature=plpp_video"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cI9Y9MsmnEc&list=FL4vFv6-gg4sDK0K8YK770sA&index=11&feature=plpp_video[/url]

[chilievans]

Thanks bud.
If my height is wrong Would these files work on a brass nut?

[Ou7shined]

[quote name='BassBus' timestamp='1333453009' post='1601802']
This might be useful to you.

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cI9Y9MsmnEc&list=FL4vFv6-gg4sDK0K8YK770sA&index=11&feature=plpp_video[/media]
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He probably should have placed some tape or something on the fingerboard to help save him from gouging out that wee divot.

[BassBus]

[quote name='chilievans' timestamp='1333453284' post='1601807']
Thanks bud.
If my height is wrong Would these files work on a brass nut?
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I'm not sure about what files to use. Adjusting a nut is something I leave to a luthier. Don't trust myself with it.

[Moos3h]

Don't use files! Use 'Welding tip cleaners' - available off the bay for about £4 and from hardware shops for less.

Perfect for cutting a nut!

[discreet]

This topic isn't what I thought it was.
But for the record, mine are 29" (74cm) from the ground.

Edited April 3, 2012 by discreet

[chilievans]

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1333457752' post='1601939']
This topic isn't what I thought it was.
But for the record, mine are 29" (74cm) from the ground.
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Lol.;-)

[Ou7shined]

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1333457752' post='1601939']
This topic isn't what I thought it was.
But for the record, mine are 29" (74cm) from the ground.
[/quote]

[KiOgon]

[quote name='BassBus' timestamp='1333453009' post='1601802']
This might be useful to you.

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cI9Y9MsmnEc&list=FL4vFv6-gg4sDK0K8YK770sA&index=11&feature=plpp_video[/media]
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For a guy that's spent 45 years working on guitars I personally thought he was going at that like a bloody amateur! The damage done by a slip of a file doesn't bear thinking about

[Ou7shined]

[quote name='Johnston' timestamp='1333464062' post='1602061']
Okay .....


One you can hear the banging off the machinehead.

Two I hope that was the old strings because it looks like they took a hit of the file too.

Third at 4 minutes is it just me or is he not holding the feeler guage straight?
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check, check and check.
And as I mentioned before the file defo hit the fingerboard.

[bremen]

[quote name='Moos3h' timestamp='1333457501' post='1601935']
Don't use files! Use 'Welding tip cleaners' - available off the bay for about £4 and from hardware shops for less.

Perfect for cutting a nut!
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Top tip! Thanks!

[PaulWarning]

I find it easier to remove the nut and use emery cloth to rub down the bottom of the nut, and if you go too far shim it with some paper/cardboard, someone will probably come on here now to tell me that's not how you do it, but it is safer, no fret board damge

[Mr. Foxen]

If the bass is otherwise set up ok, capo/fret the first fret, see how high the string is over the second fret, and it should be about the same over the first fret from the nut. I tend to leave bottom string a bit higher because of wanging it hard to make a big noise.