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Jim Rossen
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Iowa, USA
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Posted 8 Feb 2013 6:44 am |
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Any tricks/tips for keeping the thin plastic nut of a little Airline/Valco 6 string vertical?
Thanks
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Brad Bechtel
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San Francisco, CA
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Posted 8 Feb 2013 7:50 am
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Glue it down or replace it with a better nut.
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Stephen Cowell
From:
Round Rock, Texas, USA
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Jim Rossen
From:
Iowa, USA
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Posted 8 Feb 2013 8:02 am photo of airline nut
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Stephen Cowell
From:
Round Rock, Texas, USA
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Posted 8 Feb 2013 8:14 am
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Is there a groove it fits into? Or does it just butt straight up to the neck? The better guitars have a raised fingerboard so that the nut has two surfaces to bear on... you may be dealing with a design flaw.
For a stock look you could make a slot to bed it into... or if looks don't matter you could put a wedge either in front or behind... or both. Or perhaps a wedge-shaped nut... good luck. And thanks for the picture!
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John Billings
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 8 Feb 2013 9:06 am
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| Clean all the surfaces of the old glue, and reglue it with a modern glue. |
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Andy Sandoval
From:
Bakersfield, California, USA
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Posted 8 Feb 2013 11:21 am
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Or, if that doesn't work, get one of these. You could probably lay something under it to raise it even higher if you need to and the tension of the strings would hold it all in place.
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