Dopro Curved 42mm Unbleached Pure Bone Nut Guitar Slotted Bone Nut for Strat/Tele 42x3.2mm

It worked, but not as well as a proper replacement nut should have; a proper replacement nut should be close to fitting, requiring some material removal to fit perfectly. Straight out of the package, this nut was a little loose. I wouldn't have used it if it had been any looser. Perhaps an extra 0? If only 006" had been added to this one dimension, it would have been a five-star review. The other dimensions were excellent, necessitating very little material removal. br>br>The slots were only used to mark where the strings should go, not to cut them to size or depth. This is a very positive development. (Though I would have preferred these location slots to be even thinner because they appear to be thicker than the high e, this material was removed later and made no difference. ) Without the use of expensive slotting files, you can simply shave off the bottom of a flat-bottomed nut until the nut slot depth is correct. and have all of the nut slots ready to go On top, it's done to a degree of perfection. The gauge of the strings still matters. Nobody makes 7's, 8's, 9's, 10's, or 11's nuts separately, as far as I can tell. You'll need good nut files, which are expensive and require skill and technique, to do this nut, and any other nut, properly. No, I'm not the guy who tells you to take it to a shop like mine and have it done by them/me. I despise hearing or reading that. Don't be afraid to try something new. If you want to, you can do it yourself. It's not the end of the world if you don't succeed. The nut is inexpensive, and the files can be sold. You can either bring it to me or have it fixed by someone else. If you succeed, you'll have a fantastic feeling that makes the effort worthwhile. br>br>You'll have to take off the top layer of material. A grinding wheel should not be used. It will char your skin and make your clothes stink for the rest of your life. Worse, if you wash them with other clothes, they'll be ruined as well. The odor will linger for days, but it will last forever in your clothes, which you will eventually discard once you realize the odor is permanent. It's a disaster, a disaster of epic proportions. It has a foul odor to it. If you don't carefully sand or file it off, you'll irritate your neighbors. You can use a belt sander or other similar tool, but be cautious of static electricity. Some may argue that you can use the fretboard's surface as a sanding block and perform the same tasks as a flat-surface sander. All the slots could be completed on top of the bottom nut. No, not at all. It doesn't work because you have very little control over the amount of material removed on each side. Either the high E or low E side of the equation will be too high. Another issue is ensuring that the bottom remains square (at 90 degrees). This can be fixed with a tool. . . br>br>Because of its thickness, I wouldn't recommend this nut for perfection. It's a little big. It works, at least for my project, and it helped me save a lot of time.

Everest McClain

| Oct 12, 2021

I chose the 42mm x 3mm size. Curved 2mm. The curve had a perfect score of nine. To fit my Strat, I needed a radius of 5". The 3. The nut slot may have been filed out a little wider than the factory spec because the nut that was on the guitar when I bought it was already a replacement that was not shaped and slotted very well. I bought this guitar used, so the nut slot may have been filed out a little wider than the factory spec. The ideal fit is a tight fit, and this nut would fall out of the slot before it was glued in. Again, I believe it's because the slot on my guitar has been slightly widened. In the end, everything was fine. br> Because the 42mm length was only a sliver long, everything was fine. It was inevitable that I would have to deepen the string slots. They had to be deepened a lot for my guitar, and the overall height of the nut had to be filed down a lot as well. However, compared to the time spent making a nut from scratch, this was a huge time saver. To be clear, this was not a drop-in replacement for my Mexican Strat. The stakes would have been far too high to handle. I think it took me a few hours to get it right. Because I'm not a professional luthier, I went slowly so as not to enlarge the string slots too much. I measured, tested how it played, took it out, and re-slotted a few times. But getting that thing dialed in paid off big time. br> This guitar now sounds a lot better. It isn't a minor distinction. It's as if you're in the middle of the night or the middle of the day Granted, some of the improved tone was due to the previous nut's (too low) action being corrected. But only open strings (which were buzzing) would fall under this category. Because of the bone material vs. nylon, open strings and fretted notes now sound brighter, louder, and sustain twice as long. plastic. It had a huge impact on the tone of my voice. Just keep in mind that you'll have to put in some effort to get the action just right. I've done it before and thoroughly researched the process, which I strongly advise. If you've never replaced a nut before, there are a plethora of videos on YouTube. Dan Erlewine's Guitar Player Repair Guide is my go-to reference for all guitar repairs and setups, and I can't say enough good things about it.

Kaleb Nielsen

| Feb 03, 2021

This nut is top-notch. My only complaint is the lack of string slots. This company's flat bottom model has precut string slots for each string size, whereas the curved bottom model has only very thinly cut slots that aren't cut for the different string sizes. They're more of a guide to help you figure out where you should cut them. As a result, I had to try cutting my own with an old string. I wish they precut the slots for the curved ones as well, so that newbies like me don't have to buy specialized tools or rely on workarounds. Using old strings to cut the slots is a popular method. I'm satisfied with it aside from that. Just keep in mind that if you get the curved bottom, you'll have to cut your own slots.

Janelle Horn

| Jul 05, 2021