Tall Nut?

[mmm-pousto]

I bought a new Godin Detour recently. It's a great guitar for the price (I paid $322 tax and gigbag included), but there is one small problem with it. The nut is too tall. I'm happy with the depth of the slots, but even on the low E the top of the string sits lower than the top of the nut. Mainly it really only causes noticable binding on the B and hi E since it doesn't have a trem.

This is how I was planning on fixing it .... any suggestions or corrections are welcome.

1- use a mech. pencil or a ultra fine tip sharpie and mark where the tops of the strings sit in the nut. loosen the strings and mask the neck and headstock.

2- use 80 or 100 grit sandpaper and sand down to the top of the line I made in step 1. It just occured to me that I could use dremel for this step, but I have never used one ... should I just stick with paper??

3- switch to 150 or 180 grit and sand down to the bottom of the line. Put the strings back in the slots, tune and make sure that I'm still at good spot.

4- switch to 300 grit and sand down the rest of the way. It's my understanding that the very tops of the strings should be higher then the top of the nut.

Hows that sound to everyone??

[fryovanni]

I would just stick with a file or sanding block(it doesn't take much to sand down the nut a little). Go slow, and check your progress by setting the string back in the slot. I like to have 25-50% of the string above the nut. Then go through all your grits(I stop at 1200grit, but you can polish as high as you would like).

Sounds like you are on the right track.

Peace,Rich

[mmm-pousto]

well, I havn't had much time to check back .... thankx for the support and lettin' me know I was on the right track ... but I didn't know to go as high as 1200 grit paper.

[fryovanni]

well, I havn't had much time to check back .... thankx for the support and lettin' me know I was on the right track ... but I didn't know to go as high as 1200 grit paper.

1200+ will put a nice snazzy shine on it . 1200 is about where you can start seeing your reflection on fretboards(and the reflection keeps getting clearer the higher you go).

Peace,Rich