After reading many times over the last few years on here, that most guitar builders and neck makers, including Warmoth, sets their nut slots a bit high, as insurance against buzzing
I decided to buy some tools from stewmac and try my hand at cutting down the nut slots, and then setting up the neck and action, intonation , etc..
I gotta tell ya, I am blown away with how low you can get your action, by just following common setup guidelines.
1) Set the nut string height action, I used the 3rd fret rule
2) adjust neck for a near straight reliefe
3) adjust saddle height
4) set intonation
My advice to all on here is buy the full set of nut files, and the dial indicator from stewmac for setting up the nut
Even if I raise my action a bit, it will still be lower than most off the shelf stuff,
I decided to buy some tools from stewmac and try my hand at cutting down the nut slots, and then setting up the neck and action, intonation , etc..
I gotta tell ya, I am blown away with how low you can get your action, by just following common setup guidelines.
1) Set the nut string height action, I used the 3rd fret rule
2) adjust neck for a near straight reliefe
3) adjust saddle height
4) set intonation
My advice to all on here is buy the full set of nut files, and the dial indicator from stewmac for setting up the nut
Even if I raise my action a bit, it will still be lower than most off the shelf stuff,