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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | I've been playing a borrowed 1581 RI for awhile now, sort of a get acquainted session before deciding if we're meant for one another, and I've discovered something peculiar. After about two hours of playing, the inside of my left index finger was a bit rough and red. After inspecting the nut, it seems the outward protruding ends are very sharp causing irritation to my finger. Then I inspected my other guitars, particularly the 1651 I've owned for 24 years, and noticed their nuts are nice and smooth. Same with the 70's solid bodies. Anybody else having this problem? Has anybody used a Dremel tool to smooth down their rough nuts? |
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Location: Chehalis, Washington | I would answer this, but I feel I'm not qualified.
Maybe someone older...? |
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Location: NW NJ | Ummm ... why are you playing with your nut in the first place? |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | Where you doing string bends behind the nut? Exactly, why touch your nut? |
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Location: Utah | Originally posted by an4340:
Exactly, why touch your nut? My mother warned me against that. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Just knock the edge with some sand paper. |
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| jeff's U681 is the same - if you arrive in a hurry at Eflat/F territory you can stab yourself. It's a really sharp point.
I'm going to borrow an angle grinder before I send it back....... |
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Location: Keller, TX | Are you guys referring to the edges of the FRETS? |
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| No - the nut. Very sharp right angle, as if it was missed in the finishing. It sticks in thback of your hand when you play down on the first fret. I thought maybe it was just me.
How's Texas doc?
And how come you didn't bring drugs to the tour? |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | This is ironic becasue I was talking ot the service department about this earlier today before this thread started. They saud use an emery board. Dave |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Sanding it down is the obvious, simple and straight-forward answer. I just find it odd that such a fix would be required for a guitar that retails for $3000 (as reported the Adamas site). Maybe it is just a one-off circumstance. |
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Location: Vermont USA | ProfessorBB posted Has anybody used a Dremel tool to smooth down their rough nuts? You will go blind. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Price of the guitar appears not to matter when it comes to glitches.
Search the U681T thread and see the "total" nightmare that some of us got to experience before Al and the Mothership came together to make the world a better place by correcting all issues in a timely manner. |
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Location: Isle of Man, UK | Where's Waskel in this discussion? The original question
Has anybody used a Dremel tool to smooth down their rough nuts? is crying out for his input...
JB
btw - Schroder. Good to see you back on the right side of the pond! |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | This is going to sound strange, but I never touch my nut when I'm playing. If I touch it, it's an accident. That said, when I have touched it, never had a problem.
I guess I'm just blessed. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Originally posted by an4340:
I never touch my nut when I'm playing. You obviously don't play any Michael Jackson music. |
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Location: San Angelo, Texas | It is MY nut, and I will touch it if I want to...now if I can just find my glasses.... |
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Location: Snellville, GA | "Michael Jackson music".- Definition of oxymoron. |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Touching the nut...
....it's a much longer reach than it used to be.
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Originally posted by TWA:
"Michael Jackson music".- Definition of oxymoron. Hey, be kind. Yes, he's a bleach skinned, crotch grabbing, child molesting freak show of the most extreme nature. BUT, some of the music back in the mid 80's or so was DAMN good in my opinion.
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Location: Vermont USA | Hey, be kind. Yes, he's a bleach skinned, crotch grabbing, child molesting freak show of the most extreme nature. BUT, some of the music back in the mid 80's or so was DAMN good in my opinion. I agree
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Speaking about Michael Jackson, he appeared in our court some years ago when he was at the top of his game. He was a witness in his own defense in a copyright infringement action filed by some disgruntled small-time songwriter who alledged that he stole her work. In response to a question about how he comes up with his songs, he said he has many tunes in his head and he just picks one. In a follow-up question, he was asked to provide an example. He then went into a 40 second ad lib song off the top of his head after which the packed courtroom broke into wild cheers and applause. Word got out and we were beseeched with request for copies of the cassette tapes of the hearing which, at $5 per, was a bargain for what essentially was an original, unedited, unrehearsed, unapproved, uncensorsed first generation copy of an unknown, never recorded nor published tune direct from Michael Jackson. Before the end of the day, over a thousand requests had been received. Only about a dozen were actually made before we shut it down. |
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Location: Omaha | I think you guys just "killed" THIS thread...Michael Jackson, indeed. |
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Location: Spain | Didn,t you here it,s now becoming a little tricky to kill a thread in fact in one case damn near impossible |
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