Nut shim OMG teh 1337

[spauldingrules]

My new pre-cut graph tech nut was a little short, so I shimmed it with a business card and OMG - tone for days, infinite sustain and perfect articulation!

Just kidding - I was just wondering if this was a good material for a shim or if something else was better?

 

[UTSC]

Yes there are  better things out there than business card shims.

Metallic.

Anyone else not understand the title of this thread?

 

[spauldingrules]

why would metallic make a difference?

 

[blue313]

Anyone else not understand the title of this thread?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leet

Yeah they make metal shims in various thicknesses specifically for that job
http://www.wdmusic.com/bridge_components.html

 

[guitlouie]

Anyone else not understand the title of this thread?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leet

OK.  So it means something like " I am the supreme nerd to rule all others"

 

[Wana_make_a_guitar]

No, you're not hip or with it enough to understand.  :laughing7:

 

[blue313]

why would metallic make a difference?

It would technically give you better tone transfer from nut to neck.  But whatever give you the tone your after and yet remains stable is cool.  I can't say I've never shimmed a nut with a matchbook cover before.

He's saying his nut shim is fantastic.  (I feel like the subtitles for the jive in "Airplane")

 

[DocNrock]

He's saying his nut shim is fantastic.  (I feel like the subtitles for the jive in "Airplane")

:laughing11:

 

[stubhead]

Paper seems soft and absorbent - not qualities I associate with "tone". I stash bits of plastic of various thicknesses, with credit cards being the thickest. There's a thinner grade of clear plastic used in vacuum packaging, like, tuners & guitar slides come in it, as does a whole lotta stuff hanging on a rack at Wal-Mart. Thinner still (0.003"?) is the plastic squares that peel off the back of a nicotine or birth-control patch, ask your friends and neighbors to save! You can use this to shim the sides of neck pockets to prevent tuning shifts, heck I shim my pickups in their pockets sometimes to get the polepieces perfect.

 

[jackthehack]

The subject title of the post is a reference to a term that used to be used in the hacker/cracker community a decade ago and longer, currently it's usage suggests that one is either a poser or spends too much time texting new friends found on gay chat lines, or both.

 

[spauldingrules]

I was making fun of people who think they found the key to great tone - read the post.  Jack the Hack apparently is up to date on what goes on on gay chatlines, so ask him for more details. 

Jackthehack = pwn3d

 

[Mor Paul]

He's saying his nut shim is fantastic.  (I feel like the subtitles for the jive in "Airplane")

:laughing11:

That movie rocks.

Don't call me Shirley.

 

[UTSC]

Whoa if I knew this would get so hostile, I wouldn't have asked.

 

[spauldingrules]

Jackthehack always makes it hostile.  Too much time on gay chatlines.

 

[bpmorton777]

in the past Ive used aluminum foil to shim the nut.

Brian

 

[OzziePete]

Jackthehack always makes it hostile.  Too much time on gay chatlines.

Not that there's anything wrong with that.... :-\ :laughing7: