Okay, this eventually becomes a question about Warmoth, so bear with me. Since you guys are so great at giving out free advice, I thought I'd see if anybody wants to help with my 'problem'. I recently put together my first parts guitar (strat style, GFS and mighty mite, I wanted to go cheap the first time out). I had the nut on the mighty mite neck custom made to my specs by a very reputable and famous shop in Santa Monica. I explained that I often play slide and I use a lot of open strings, and that I didn't want a super-low nut that would buzz all the time. Someone else had worked on the previous neck and cut the nut down without asking me, and that was too low, so I wanted to be clear on this point. Well, I got it back and it played like melted butter above the 5th fret but the fret buzz on open strings was just ridiculous to my ears. Admittedly the frets are pretty tall on this neck but it's a CUSTOM nut, right? I keep raising the action at the bridge which helps a bit of course but now it plays like crap on the high frets. So, twice I've had professionals work on my nuts (haha, yeah yeah) and both times I've thought they cut it way too low. So, Is it just me - is there something else I should be explaining? I posted photos here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/11283369@N07/ . For comparison, I took pics of my '66 Melody Maker which manages to play like butter without any real fret buzz at all.
1. Is the strat nut too low or am I just being too picky? Is this standard operating procedure for strats - do I need some kind of special instructions for these guys?
2. If it is SOP, why is my Gibson so perfect?
3. Are the Warmoth pre-cut nuts this low, or are they closer to the Melody Maker? That will totally determine if I order the pre-cut nut or not.
Told you I'd get to Warmoth eventually.
I appreciate anyone who takes the time to answer this, thanks in advance.
Tim
1. Is the strat nut too low or am I just being too picky? Is this standard operating procedure for strats - do I need some kind of special instructions for these guys?
2. If it is SOP, why is my Gibson so perfect?
3. Are the Warmoth pre-cut nuts this low, or are they closer to the Melody Maker? That will totally determine if I order the pre-cut nut or not.
Told you I'd get to Warmoth eventually.
I appreciate anyone who takes the time to answer this, thanks in advance.
Tim