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.

Shaping the Guitar Nut is a tedious task that if not complete precisely and correctly, you risk having to start all over again with a new guitar nut. Follow our detailed instruction on just how to shape the nut as it relates to the frets, the fretboard and the headpiece angle.

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.

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.