Blues Creek Guitars - Quick Tip - How to Save an Over Slotted Nut

Another Quick Tip form Blues Creek Guitars. This time, how to save an over slotted nut.

[@TheForce_Productions]

26:16 Nice John! 👏👏👏👏

[@stephenquail3168]

Great way to do it.thanks again.

[@drutgat2]

That was great. Thanks very much for posting it.

[@jackwillis447]

Thanks john

[@slowhand5003]

Keep them coming Tippie

[@Darrenmccarthymusica]

Yeahhh! a new video! :)

[@li2ljay]

Great tip ! And excited to see new videos ....keep em coming . And thanks for sharing . Got to ask too....what kind of fly swatter is that ? Lol ! If your gonna kill flies , mean business !

[@Claude77]

Nice, have been using this technique for years, but I cut a slot with a "big" 120 gauge bass nut file, they are round in the bottom, then turn some small, bone pieces on the lathe, glue them in and finish her up :)

[@tippie53]

Claude77 many ways to do this. If the technique works us it. thanks for sharing

[@Claude77]

***** Thanks :) Yes lot's of ways to skin a cat :) love your videos

[@bluescreekguitars3346]

Hi Pallecla ,in the world of vintage instruments , A replaced nut can devalue the guitar considerably so to maintain originality this technique will allow the original piece to remain on the guitar. Often we are speaking Ivory nuts. The actual repair can be done in about 5 min with experience.

[@artgallery743]

I save bone powder from trimming saddles in a pill container, mix some with gel superglue using a needle or toothpick, then fill nut slot, let dry then re-slot.

[@bluescreekguitars3346]

I have been doing this for years I found the dust method is better than the baking soda and ca . I prefer the bone fill as the dust is ok but wears faster than the bone. I do agree that if your in a hurry it will get you through the night. Thanks for sharing there is always other methods.

[@trickedouttech321]

personally, for the cost of a new blank, I would say your time is work much more. I would start with a new blank. the time would be about the same as well.

[@mikehoehn1475]

how does one fix a rattle truss rod ?

[@dannytriplett8625]

Ck the rod tension. If a rod is in a neutral position (meaning it's not applying any pressure in either direction) it will vibrate. Adding a bit of tension will quiet the rod. Hope this helps

[@pallecla]

Nice enough, but a new nut could be made in the 30 minutes used :-)

[@manifestgtr]

Honestly, I’ve found an easier solution than this...I just use some shim stock underneath from whatever wood the neck is. I never glue it in until I’m 100% certain for that very reason. It’s not ideal but honestly, it doesn’t happen often and if you do some creative finishing work, it’s basically hidden. I really take my time with nut making...probably an unreasonable, inefficient amount of time. Nothing is worse than spending an afternoon building a nut from scratch, getting it juuuust perfect, then “bzbzbzbbsbb”

[@TylrVncnt]

manifestgtr - this means you need to remove the nut, and also deepen the slots of the string slots that do NOT need to be raised (using this videos repair situation as an example). Yes, most of the time a nut will come out easily, esp modern guitars.. BUT there defff are many situations where there’s a guitar that you do NOT want to remove the nut unless you *absolutely* have to... The method shown in the vid is one of those situations, and it works great. Repairs are *never* a “one size fits all” kind of thing... Cheers

[@mickkennedy1344]

I usually just shim under the nut and re-cut it -- in my kitchen.

[@tippie53]

Mick Kennedy If you refret a neck I agree that is a good method if you over cut one slot shimming will have you recut 5 slots. The point is that you can repair 1 slot. I have found the dust and glue method will get you through the night but filling with bone will make a more permanent repair. Thanks for your input it is another avenue one can try

[@thomaslau9631]

Superglue (small drops), soda powder mixed with bone dust (small amount), sand papers (200 & 400 grid), a thin knife (Swiss made) can do a better job. Your method simply mixed up the original nut with complicity.

[@tippie53]

this method of dust and glue has been around a long time and while it will work it is at best a temporary fix. The purprose of this video is to show a different technique. Thanks for your participation but if I am working on a vintage martin I would inlet ivory to save the old nut . If I need a quick fix CA is the technique.

[@LUSEJA]

more simple: bone powder and cyanoacrylate adhesive

[@tippie53]

actually the dust and CA is at best a temporary fix. You need to use something to over cut then refile. CA is not as hard as bone , then bone dust is not a dense as bone so at best you get a soft bome matrix. It can get you through a short time but it wears out fast . I have been doing this for 20 yrs. Also if your working with Ivory we want to save them as much as possible. Thanks

[@LUSEJA]

I read out there that the bone powder can be replaced by sodium bicarbonate: apparently that mix solidifies strongly (I have not tried it yet)

[@yoheff988]

This is a pure waste of time, simply replace the nut

[@tippie53]

Not if your fixing Ivory.

[@TheForce_Productions]

No it isn't. John was clear when he said that this is an ALTERNATIVE in case for whatever reason you need to keep the original nut. Not a waste of time since he's taking the time to teach something.