worn nut repair

[David Martin]

Baking soda and baking powder are different things.

Baking soda is pure Sodium Bicarbonate (aka Sodium Hydrogen Carbonate) whereas baking powder is baking soda plus an acid (usually Tartaric Acid) and a drying agent (usually cornstarch)


DaveC

Thanks Dave... baking soda is the thing - I think!

[twangtone]

Isn't there a photograph of Hank with a Strat that has a piece of paper under a string at the nut? I thought I saw it on this forum. I've used this quick fix in the past and it works quite well 'till a proper repair can be carried out. Years ago a guitar maker/repair man made me a nice bone nut for my Telecaster cut from a sterilised dog bone bought from a pet shop.

[JimN]

Years ago a guitar maker/repair man made me a nice bone nut for my Telecaster cut from a sterilised dog bone bought from a pet shop.

You'll have the RSPCA after you (but I bet it'll have been a beef bone).

[anniv 63]

Dem bones Dem bones Dem dry nut bones!!!
Just killing time till the taxi arrives

Mike

[twangtone]

Years ago a guitar maker/repair man made me a nice bone nut for my Telecaster cut from a sterilised dog bone bought from a pet shop.

You'll have the RSPCA after you (but I bet it'll have been a beef bone).

Could have been a dog bone, I never thought to ask, (well you wouldn't would you?). I sold the Tele it was fitted to years ago so I feel reasonably safe from a revenge attack from my Collie.

[Didier]

Years ago a guitar maker/repair man made me a nice bone nut for my Telecaster cut from a sterilised dog bone bought from a pet shop.

You'll have the RSPCA after you (but I bet it'll have been a beef bone).

I works ! a few month ago, a member of our French Shadows forum made himself a nut to replace a broken one on his Strat. He used a bone saved from a "Pot-au-feu" (beef stew) :



Didier

[geoff1711]

I've used small pieces of Rizla paper with super glue in the past, a temporary fix which on one guitar became permanent, easier to control than trying to mix powder with glue and not have it run all over the place.

Geoff