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swarfrat
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Just bought a drop in Fender shelf nut and the nut is radically higher than previous nut. There appears to be a gap in excess of .020" between the top of the fingerboard and the bottom of the shelf extension. I like what some would consider insanely high action (but looking to drop it a bit), but this is more like Lap Steel action. Currently I have over 0.100" between the bottom of the low E and the top of the 1st fret.
Earvana says not to file off the bottom, but I'm having trouble seeing why this matters if height is indexed off the fingerboard/shelf and vertical alignment is held by the parallel walls of the slot. I've emailed Earvana, but I'm all ears if someone has any input (or contrarian opinions) It appears Earvana was anticipating a drastically deeper slot than what my guitar has (The guitar in question is an Ancient Zion Strat copy - it's ESP parts if you take it apart - that old)
Earvana says not to file off the bottom, but I'm having trouble seeing why this matters if height is indexed off the fingerboard/shelf and vertical alignment is held by the parallel walls of the slot. I've emailed Earvana, but I'm all ears if someone has any input (or contrarian opinions) It appears Earvana was anticipating a drastically deeper slot than what my guitar has (The guitar in question is an Ancient Zion Strat copy - it's ESP parts if you take it apart - that old)