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Old September 7th, 2011, 08:36 AM   #7 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Mike Simpson View Post
The nut slots shoudl angle down toward the headstock so the point where the strings last contact the nut on the neck side does not have a gap under the string. This can lead to muted and zingy, buzzy open strings.

Check the bottom photo in page 1
http://www.frets.com/fretspages/luth...ut/setnut.html
I will check that tonight Mike. The nut was installed by GFS so I've done nothing but string up the guitar.

Thanks!
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