How To Replace or Adjust the Nut of Your Guitar

Critical measurement is distance of the bottom of the string from the 1st fret when in the nut slot That's the measurement related to actual

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nut slot files Not sure of a measurement, I just bring down the slot height just to where the intonation on the first fret is good That usually leaves

nut slot depth Ideally, most guitars have a nut action that yields around 015 and 020 between the bottom of each string and the crown of the 1st fret