Jivin Posted April 26, 2004 Report Share Posted April 26, 2004 Hai, little help? Thanks! - Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jem7RB UK Posted April 26, 2004 Report Share Posted April 26, 2004 Fretboard looks complete to me, I'd suggest moving the nut so it's tight against the fretboard, re-drill new mounting holes if nessecary and bob's ya uncle Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jivin Posted April 26, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2004 So what would you guess has happened to this to leave that gap there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddiefletcher Posted April 26, 2004 Report Share Posted April 26, 2004 Some samick guitars I've seen and owned in the past used to have a normal strat type nut before the locking nut. God knows why they did ths as with the one I had it really didnt do much, but yeah thats what it is... All you need to do is get some bone and file away the string runners to meet up with your locking nut. At least thats what i did when i lost mine. From what I remember they werent very well secured and while tinkering with the body of mine I lost it. Easily replaced though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jivin Posted April 26, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2004 thanks eddie ive just got this thing off ebay.com.au for $60 so yeah, should be a nice project thanks again - Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank falbo Posted April 26, 2004 Report Share Posted April 26, 2004 That locking nut isn't going to have good nut slots to be used as the actual fulcrum point. As I remember, those slots are more for guiding the string. They aren't sized precisely to the different strings. I wouldn't move that nut up. Just put a regular nut in there instead. You can choose a material for the best tone instead of that "metal" sound. If you're going to put a lock nut against the board, I suggest buying a traditional lock nut made to go up there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alchool Posted April 26, 2004 Report Share Posted April 26, 2004 There are some Jackson and Charvel guitars similar to yours. There should be a regular nut near the fretboard. I can't understand why they did it that way... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuitarMaestro Posted April 26, 2004 Report Share Posted April 26, 2004 The guys are right....it definately was a neck with a nut between the locking nut and the fingerboard. This was common on older Ibanez guitars as well. But I definately recommend to move the locking nut to the fretboard and eliminating the additional nut. In my opinion the regular nut will only decrease the tuning stability as it is a chance for strings to have unwanted friction and I can see NO advantage of having it there. I always wondered why there are guitars with a regular nut in front of the locking nut....I think its completely against the idea of a floyd....and completely unneccessary....the only difference is that open strings sound a little different, but the floyd nut should be closer to a fretted note which is not bad for my taste....there are even many people installing brass nuts in order to get that more ringing sound.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ISUBARUI Posted April 27, 2004 Report Share Posted April 27, 2004 I had an old guitar with the same problem, the nut kept falling out all the time so i had to go look for it if i wanted to play. Maybe it was jealous of the locking nut and kept trying to run away?????????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jivin Posted April 27, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2004 ^ lol ok thanks for the help guys. This guitar is missing the bridge, so ill be buying a new one including a new locking nut, so ill install the new one up flush with the fretboard. thanks again! - Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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