any of you guys raised a guitar nut for slide guitar?

George · Post by **George** » Fri Nov 21, 2014 9:55 pm

is it just a case of knocking the nut out and gluing a few bits of wood (match sticks?) under it?

there's these things, but they'd really jack it up and there's only one very wide string spacing..

i'd still like to be able to finger a few notes

cur · Post by **cur** » Fri Nov 21, 2014 10:00 pm

maybe just raise your bridge higher, square up your saddles and if need be, loosen the truss rod a bit. but to answer you question, no I have not.

George · Post by **George** » Fri Nov 21, 2014 10:04 pm

i've raised the bridge, but the truss rod is a good idea.

the nut is cut really low for teh shredz, so even with a high bridge it gets a bit too low below the 5th fret.

Fakir Mustache · Post by **Fakir Mustache** » Sat Nov 22, 2014 10:30 am

put one of these in:

then adjust it to the height you want

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Sat Nov 22, 2014 11:31 am

I play slide but I've never done this. Having said that, there are guitars that I don' think I would attempt slide on because the action's so low. Instead I have high action guitars for slide and such and low ones for noodling.

cur · Post by **cur** » Sat Nov 22, 2014 10:51 pm

Fakir Mustache wrote:put one of these in:

then adjust it to the height you want

dafuqisdat?

George · Post by **George** » Sat Nov 22, 2014 11:00 pm

yeah where's the link lol

looks like a ballache to install, probably by screws?

serfx · Post by **serfx** » Sun Nov 23, 2014 12:02 am

do an robroe setup

strings a half inch off the fretboard
run 13's
wound 3rd

i'm sure he has a video somewhere.

Sloan · Post by **Sloan** » Sun Nov 23, 2014 1:42 am

Just a pull a Gary Rosington (Lynyrd Skynyrd) and stick a screwdriver under the strings.

serfx · Post by **serfx** » Sun Nov 23, 2014 1:52 am

Sloan wrote:Just a pull a Gary Rosington (Lynyrd Skynyrd) and stick a screwdriver under the strings.

I believe Thurston Moore & Lee Ranaldo also pull that trick from time to time.

Josh · Post by **Josh** » Sun Nov 23, 2014 2:36 am

it does the trick. i lost my slide a while ago so i dont even have anything setup for slide

Fakir Mustache · Post by **Fakir Mustache** » Sun Nov 23, 2014 10:06 am

just do a pic search for "adjustable nut".

DGNR8 · Post by **DGNR8** » Sun Nov 23, 2014 2:39 pm

Sloan wrote:Just a pull a Gary Rosington (Lynyrd Skynyrd) and stick a screwdriver under the strings.

Nice. A screwdriver would look awesome, if it isn't too heavy or stick out too far. I like the idea of a handle. I wonder if they ever move it around like a capo.

paul_ · Post by **paul_** » Tue Nov 25, 2014 2:27 am

Whereas Rossington did it to jack the strings higher for slide, SY generally stick screwdrivers and drumsticks under their strings to act as the new nut/bridge for pingity-clang applications. Rossington actually switched to using a piece of thick gauge electrical hookup wire, and says he doesn't actually need anything under there anymore because he's gotten better at slide, he just keeps doing it during performances of Free Bird for sentimental reasons because he always did back in the day.
The wire method would be a little less risky to your fingerboard wood/neck finish than sliding screwdrivers around under the first fret but would muffle open strings... which would all be out of tune anyway because you've divided the strings in an unnatural way.