and now I'm going to need a new nut

Dave_Vader

Finally got round to fitting the locking tuners on my strat last night.
Last thing it needed doing to be sorted (N.B. I have been fiddling with this guitar for 28 years now, and am therefore clearly deluded)
Stuck on one of the sets of strings I bought a month ago (all different kinds as I can't justify paying for newtones anymore and am looking for an alternative)
All on, all good. D string buzzing like a git.
I figured it was just a thinner gauge than the Ernie Balls I just took off, so no need to worry. Switch back next time, all better.
I've just checked the relative gauges, and it's thicker than the old one.
So I have wrecked the nut after all.
On the plus side, the whammy can now be abused with no tuning problems at all.

and the cycle begins anew;;;

bbill335

At least you didn't do what I did. Took a guitar neck to get my mate to use his drill to fit new tuners. The neck was off anyway so that's all I took, headstock sticking out my bag. The drilling went fine but the neck fell out my bag, minor dings, no big deal. Only when I got home did I realise that the nut had fallen clean off! It was only another £15-20 to get one made but I felt very silly.

Dave_Vader

I've dropped a few nuts in my time