pushover Posted May 22, 2011 Posted May 22, 2011 Looks like I need a new nut! Today all of a sudden while playing my milli-DC the high E string started fretting out on the first fret when playing an open E. Pressing any other fret on the high E sounds just fine, so I concluded that the problem must be with the nut. I can only speculate about why this might happen all of a sudden, but it's possible there may have been a previous repair that popped out. I thought about trying to do the super glue repair thing, but I just decided to make the investment in a new nut. It's going in to the shop tomorrow.
heritagefan7 Posted May 22, 2011 Posted May 22, 2011 On 5/22/2011 at 2:22 AM, pushover said: Looks like I need a new nut! Today all of a sudden while playing my milli-DC the high E string started fretting out on the first fret when playing an open E. Pressing any other fret on the high E sounds just fine, so I concluded that the problem must be with the nut. I can only speculate about why this might happen all of a sudden, but it's possible there may have been a previous repair that popped out. I thought about trying to do the super glue repair thing, but I just decided to make the investment in a new nut. It's going in to the shop tomorrow. best wishes!
FredZepp Posted May 22, 2011 Posted May 22, 2011 While the super glue method has been used for quite a while... The cost of a new nut isn't very much, and you can pick the material that you like. Show us the results after the successful swap... I'd be interested.
DetroitBlues Posted May 22, 2011 Posted May 22, 2011 A little superglue and some pencil lead shavings, you should get by until it gets replaced.
MartyGrass Posted May 22, 2011 Posted May 22, 2011 I'm just repeating what I've been told by Pete Moreno. The super glue fixes work but only for a while.
pushover Posted May 22, 2011 Author Posted May 22, 2011 On 5/22/2011 at 2:42 PM, MartyGrass said: I'm just repeating what I've been told by Pete Moreno. The super glue fixes work but only for a while. That's pretty much also what I've been told, and I speculate that the best explanation for why this would suddenly surface is that a previous repair failed. Anyway, with a fine instrument like this one is worth the investment and there's not point in cheaping out on a little repair like this one. Really the only choice for me now is to decide what material to use: tusq, graphite, bone? I think it's one of those religious issues, but I'm curious to hear if people think it will make a huge difference.
fxdx99 Posted May 22, 2011 Posted May 22, 2011 That reminds me - I've a superglue b-string fix I put in a couple years ago. Was gonna put in a new nut and forgot. Should get around to doing that.
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