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Have a look only £20 http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Black-and-Decker-KW8...1QQcmdZViewItem Eddy

Get a small saw and cut a line down the middle of the nut then collaps the nut in on itself, there is less chance of breaking the wood from the back of the nut slot this way. Eddy

Why not use the same wood the body is made of? Eddy

Hold on there bub is 5/64th not 1.9mm? Eddy

It is for speed, I have a strat for tone! grin, not a fan of a low action, but I need it for something I'm working on. Thanks E

Well I did the entire neck pocket, thanks for the suggestions! Grin. Everything is now fine!. E

Just a thought. when you leveled the frets you say the neck was not parfectly stright, try did you take a note of the gap there was in the middle of the neck?, try using the truss rod to get the gap you had when leveling the neck to same as when you have the strings on, the frets should be level when the neck is in that position, never know it might work, also when you were using the crowning file are you sure you did not lower the tops of some of the frets?, this was my major problem when leveling and crowning, I always went too far with the crowning file, I now shape the fret with a crowning file, and use a micro file to finish the top of the fret, it seems to work best for me, one other thinf I do when leveling a neck is from the 12th or 17th your choice, take a little more off the fret tops if you think about it, you will always need a little relief in the middle of the neck, this causes the two ends of the neck to be higher than the middle, which can suse buzzing, so if you remove a little more on the bridge side of the neck it will counteract this. Eddy

I have been playing around with an Ibanez RG, now here is my problem, to get the action down to my desired height 2mm bass and 1.9mm treble, I have to shim the neck pocket, now I am only sticking a shim in the bridge side fo the pocket, this is leading to my perfect action but the string angle off the higher frets is too steep and is causing buzz, now would it be a better option to keep the origional neck angle, and shim the entire pocket?. Thanks Eddy

The vinegar worked on all the metal parts, as for the pickguard etc, I have had a brainstorm, I wll stick it in the smoking room at work, a few days in there will sort it!!. Thanks for all replys Eddy

I was wondering if any kind soul has a tutorial on againg guitar parts, eg, pickguard and chrome hardware?, I want it to look rusted for my SRVish body that I have just finished, I know stevie used gold, but I want silver!! . Thanks Eddy