JimDiGritz
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Hey,
Am building my second tele partscaster with a beautiful (used) warmoth roasted maple tele neck.
It didn't come with a nut and the slot looks to have slightly unusual dimensions.
The neck/nut width is the standard 43mm (1" 11/16 inches), however the slot is 5.5mm (1/4 inches) thick...
I bought a TUSQ nut which is 3.4mm / 1/8 thick but obviously this wont work.
I can't seem to find an OEM/Pre-slotted nut to fit, except for nuts designed for Gibson/Epiphone which are designed to be mounted at the end of the fretboard - and I don't have any nut files to make one from scratch....
Can anyone suggest a nut that will fit - can I use an Epiphone/Gibson nut and sand it to the right height?
Jim
Edit - in case anyone is interested I've uploaded some pictures (sorry for quality just snapped them in the garden!) of the build so far.. as you can see the body was a splotchy purple mess when I bought it and after staining and tru-oiling it's getting there!
Am building my second tele partscaster with a beautiful (used) warmoth roasted maple tele neck.
It didn't come with a nut and the slot looks to have slightly unusual dimensions.
The neck/nut width is the standard 43mm (1" 11/16 inches), however the slot is 5.5mm (1/4 inches) thick...
I bought a TUSQ nut which is 3.4mm / 1/8 thick but obviously this wont work.
I can't seem to find an OEM/Pre-slotted nut to fit, except for nuts designed for Gibson/Epiphone which are designed to be mounted at the end of the fretboard - and I don't have any nut files to make one from scratch....
Can anyone suggest a nut that will fit - can I use an Epiphone/Gibson nut and sand it to the right height?
Jim
Edit - in case anyone is interested I've uploaded some pictures (sorry for quality just snapped them in the garden!) of the build so far.. as you can see the body was a splotchy purple mess when I bought it and after staining and tru-oiling it's getting there!
