I'm nuts for nuts... And these nuts are driving me nuts!
Ok, enough Dad joking. I'm working to get this PRS SE going. The high E and B strong slots have been gouged too deep so the strings buzz on the 1st fret, and the other slots are too narrow for my .10 set. The SE nuts are set up for .09s, so is to be expected. Tuning gets messed up with tremolo use, and post it notes are being used for the high E and B slots to elevate the strings.
I could enlarge the existing slots, and fill in the E & B slots, but I'm kind of a hack at repairs. Are nut files worth the $100? Are they necessary?
I have some roller nuts laying around, but they would set the location of the nut edge (the "zero fret" so to speak) back towards the headstock by a mm or two. Is this a big deal for intonation, tuning, etc?
I did order up a PRS core nut at the advice of the PRS forum, and it seems to fit fine but several strings sound choked (slot too thin?) and the A string has a great resonance going on behind the nut when an open A is played. The resonance doesn't go away when I push on the string behind the nut.
Any suggestions on how to keep myself from going nuts working on this nut? Are my assumptions about slots and sizing accurate, or have I completely deluded myself with internet advice?
Thanks, Alex
Ok, enough Dad joking. I'm working to get this PRS SE going. The high E and B strong slots have been gouged too deep so the strings buzz on the 1st fret, and the other slots are too narrow for my .10 set. The SE nuts are set up for .09s, so is to be expected. Tuning gets messed up with tremolo use, and post it notes are being used for the high E and B slots to elevate the strings.
I could enlarge the existing slots, and fill in the E & B slots, but I'm kind of a hack at repairs. Are nut files worth the $100? Are they necessary?
I have some roller nuts laying around, but they would set the location of the nut edge (the "zero fret" so to speak) back towards the headstock by a mm or two. Is this a big deal for intonation, tuning, etc?
I did order up a PRS core nut at the advice of the PRS forum, and it seems to fit fine but several strings sound choked (slot too thin?) and the A string has a great resonance going on behind the nut when an open A is played. The resonance doesn't go away when I push on the string behind the nut.
Any suggestions on how to keep myself from going nuts working on this nut? Are my assumptions about slots and sizing accurate, or have I completely deluded myself with internet advice?
Thanks, Alex
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