Nut Height Action

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An everyday, but important job! Here's a simple job All you do to set the nut action is file the little slots in the nut until they're the right height No

Near 100% of all new Ibanez guitars have nuts that are way too high Most of the new Jems I receive have nut height at the first fret low E around 1mm, about  Actually the best way to think of the nut slot depth is in relationship to the string action height at the first fret and 12th fret Most

super ufa slot However if you have a vernier caliper you can measure the height of the nut from the base to the slots for the high E You want the slot depth on the wound strings to be between 50% and 75% of the string diameter, and the unwound strings to be around 75% to 100% of string