toblerobe
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Hey y'all,
I ordered a 59 roundback roasted maple 1 11/16 strat neck with SS6115 frets and installed my own nut - the standard slotted nut by Graph Tech ("Graph Tech PQL-5000-00 TUSQ XL 1-3/8" E-to-E Fender-Style Slotted Guitar Nut"). The weird thing is I didn't even sand the nut's height whatsoever, just the width, but the nut sat really super low in the slot. I ended up getting buzzing on all the open strings and no buzz on fretted notes at all (tested with good amount of action at saddles and straight neck).
The guitar is an MJT body and it's a gotoh bridge so I suspect it is the issue of the height of the nut from the factory. I'm a bit puzzled because both these companies are top notch as we all know especially with compatibility. The Graph Tech guys were really nice over the phone and said that sometimes these compatibility issues can happen as their nuts are made for fenders.
Does a warmoth neck really just have a deeper slot than the fender necks? Or are my frets just too tall so when played open the string rattles against the first fret? SS6115's are taller than jumbos and even jumbos, measuring at 108" x .051".
I ordered a 59 roundback roasted maple 1 11/16 strat neck with SS6115 frets and installed my own nut - the standard slotted nut by Graph Tech ("Graph Tech PQL-5000-00 TUSQ XL 1-3/8" E-to-E Fender-Style Slotted Guitar Nut"). The weird thing is I didn't even sand the nut's height whatsoever, just the width, but the nut sat really super low in the slot. I ended up getting buzzing on all the open strings and no buzz on fretted notes at all (tested with good amount of action at saddles and straight neck).
The guitar is an MJT body and it's a gotoh bridge so I suspect it is the issue of the height of the nut from the factory. I'm a bit puzzled because both these companies are top notch as we all know especially with compatibility. The Graph Tech guys were really nice over the phone and said that sometimes these compatibility issues can happen as their nuts are made for fenders.
Does a warmoth neck really just have a deeper slot than the fender necks? Or are my frets just too tall so when played open the string rattles against the first fret? SS6115's are taller than jumbos and even jumbos, measuring at 108" x .051".