Cutting perfect nut channels to receive your guitar strings is one of the more important guitar making tasks we as luthiers are faced with. This article will walk you through the necessary steps, together with the proper tools to make this an easy project and the result will be the perfect guitar nut.
Fitting the Guitar Nut is very much of a precision procedure. One little slip, or if you trip just a little too much off the nut and the nut is ruined. Take your time and follow these easy steps to get the guitar nut fit exactly right the first time and save a lot of frustration.
Guitar Nut Materials are discussed in this article. We will review bone guitar nuts, ivory guitar nuts, tusq, micarta and more. Fine out which one is best for your guitar and what materials you should avoid. Also, link provided to article to on how to make your own bone nuts and saddles.
The Guitar Nut is one of the most important pieces of our prized instruments. It is either directly responsible or partially responsible for such things as the guitar string action, intonation of the instrument, the tone of the guitar, ability to tune the instrument accurately and it also can affect the string age. Find out about the perfect nut in this article.
This article discusses the best tools to use for the shaping process for both the guitar neck and the guitar heel. Also the techniques are discussed in detail as to how to achieve the best and most accurate results in shaping your guitar neck.
The care and precision in fitting the acoustic guitar neck to the body cannot be overstated. This is one of the most critical operations you can make in building your guitar. This step controls your guitar action (couples with other steps) and going wrong with the neck angle will give you problems throughout the remainder of the building process.
If you want the greatest strength with a fixed reinforcement method in your acoustic guitar neck and don’t want the hassle of the adjustable truss rod, follow these useful steps to install a high strength to weight ratio T6 Structural Aluminum bar in your guitar neck. We give you all the details you will need to make a perfect installation and a long lasting, trouble-free guitar neck.
Placement of a fixed reinforcement bar in a guitar neck can have many rewarding qualities, but in doing so you need to take certain precautions to give you the strongest possible installation to resist the constant tension that is placed on the neck by the guitar strings. We will guide you through these steps and give you the pros and cons of installing a fixed reinforcement bar in your acoustic guitar neck.
StewMac Hot Rod Truss Rod Source: Guitar Neck Adjustable Truss Rod – Installation: Materials and Tools: Hod Rod Adjustable Truss Rod with 4 mm hex nut (Available from Steward MacDonald) Table Saw: -or- Router Set The Truss Rod: Although the truss rod itself has a PVC cushion to prevent rattling, we need to address rattling [...]
StewMac Hot Rod Truss Rod Source: Guitar Neck Adjustable Truss Rod – Neck Preparation: Materials and Tools: Hod Rod Adjustable Truss Rod with 4 mm hex nut (Available from Steward MacDonald) Table Saw: -or- Router Purchase Your Adjustable Truss Rod: I have settled in on using the Hot Rod Anchor-less Neck Adjusting System that is [...]
