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Topic: Where to buy a steel guitar nut? |
Martin Shaw
From:
Wales, UK
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Posted 19 Apr 2007 6:12 am |
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Hi,
Can anyone provide me with a link/s to where I can buy a lap steel guitar nut?
That is a 6 string version.
Thanks,
Martin |
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Mitch Druckman
From:
Arizona, USA
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Posted 19 Apr 2007 7:24 am
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| Stewart MacDonald sells tall, bone nut blanks for steel. They are at stewmac.com |
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Martin Shaw
From:
Wales, UK
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Posted 19 Apr 2007 7:42 am Nut for Lap Steel.
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Hi,
Thanks Mitch!
Regards,
Martin |
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C. Brattain
From:
Balch Springs, Texas, usa
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Posted 20 Apr 2007 3:02 pm
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Most clasical guitar pre cut nuts work well for steel.
I have some in stock but shipping is more that the price of the nut. I could put it in a envalop and mail it like a letter. |
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Jeff Au Hoy
From:
Honolulu, Hawai'i
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Posted 20 Apr 2007 5:30 pm
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I can't be bought, but I'm sure there are others on this forum that have a price.  |
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Martin Shaw
From:
Wales, UK
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Posted 21 Apr 2007 2:10 am
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Hi C. Brattain,
Thanks for the offer, if a classical nut works then I can get one from the uk.
The problem appears to be that most nuts seem to be to short for a steel.
If I am making it correctly then the strings on a lap are parallel not tapered as in a standard guitar making the nut too short?
Martin |
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Jude Reinhardt
From:
Weaverville, NC
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Posted 21 Apr 2007 2:31 am
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Martin,
I just measured the string spacing on my steels and the only one with parallel spacing is the eight string Cougar. The six string lap steels have closer string spacing at the nut.
Jude
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Martin Shaw
From:
Wales, UK
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Posted 21 Apr 2007 2:35 am String spacing.
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Hi,
Ahh,right, that's where I am going wrong.8-((
The construction book that I have shows marking of the nut from the bridge spacing...
I have a normal sized nut or I can get a classical guitar nut with a wider width at 51mm.
That should do it.
Thanks for the help.
Martin |
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Jude Reinhardt
From:
Weaverville, NC
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Posted 21 Apr 2007 3:24 am
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On my Melobar the distance between the 1st and 6th string is 45mm at the nut and 53mm at the bridge.
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"Man cannot live by bread alone, he must have Peanut Butter". - Kruger Bear |
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Martin Shaw
From:
Wales, UK
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Posted 21 Apr 2007 3:37 am Nut
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Hi,
Mine is 53mm between 1st and 6th string so hopefully a 51mm nut would be ok.
Martin |
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