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Originally Posted by Oldschoolwax
The angle of the sting cut in the nut might not be sharp enough, making the e string leave solid contact with the nut before the edge. It could be.... sorry one of the saddle height screws was frozen,, ( did I mention the blood and sweat! =) ) anyway, perhaps a little dot of Kroil or something on the screw head every once in a while might loosen it up, if not I'm sure it could be "unscrewed" from the bottom, with some vice grips and replaced, or just given a turn or two to get it where you need it.if the nut is loos when you slack the strings, you could try shimming it up and seeing if this changes the way ths string rings, that might let you know if it's the nut itself you're dealing with. Anyway, glad you've at least got a playing tele again. Enjoy, and make it your own! I think that's what it wants! =)
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Hey Michael,
No problem on the saddle screw...I actually did get it to move a bit -- one allen key size bigger and it was almost the right fit...enough to turn it! I wouldn't at all be surprised if the problem is indeed related to the nut, though. It's cut a little short width-wise to begin with...well, that's not exactly right...it's kind of hard to explain. It is right at the top, but it bevels out underneath it to a narrower width...again, hard to explain (I'll post a pic tomorrow along with others). I think I'll still play with this thing at my gig on Sunday (it sounded pretty decent in rehearsal -- still not my desired sound, of course, but pretty good nonetheless), and then I can get to work on it for a while. I don't think I have anything else til middle of July, so maybe I can get this all worked out before then! Thanks again.
dave b