Only thing I would have done is put painters tape on the headstock next to the nut slot, so when you were sanding with the sandpaper you didn’t have a chance in scuffing the finish on the headstock. As good and confident as we are, we are only human and sometimes we slip and make a mistake. Good video though and nicely done.

I was actually a little bit nervous that I was going to mess something up on my guitar LOL. I bought a Misha Mansoor ht6 Juggernaut, but not his 3 to $4,000 model! No! I bought the affordable $800 version LOL my only gripe with that guitar is that I'm constantly fine tuning. So I looked up the model online and lo and behold for $800, you get a plastic nut! Isn't that wonderful? Long story short I went to Guitar Center and I bought a black graphite nut. Grabbed my phone and looked up a KZfaq video and yours popped up. 15 minutes later the new nut is on it and not only does it sound and feel better, it's in tune and it's staying in tune. I however did have to sand the nut down a little bit. So for anybody who is wondering what I used, I had some 220 grit sandpaper laying around and it was actually perfect. You just go back and forth evenly and keep checking it against your existing nut. Just don't go lower than the existing nut. And then do like this guy told you to do before you glue it put it on tune it up and make sure it's where it needs to be. Thanks a lot for your video man really appreciate it! Next Step, take these Jackson locking tuners off and put on hipshot locking tuners and a hipshot hardtail bridge. Cheers!

Good advice on the cloth and block of wood

Straightforward, close up angle to see what the hell is actually happening. Thank you for this. Cheers!

Awesome video!

You want to tune all the strings up when checking the nut as the extra string tension will add to the bow.

What string gauge did you use

So if you're at the right measurements after sanding the old nut glue do you still need to lightly sand the new nut? I'm not sure if there's some kind of residue on the new nut?

You could see a little gap between the nut and the fretboard edge when you had it stringed up, was that a problem? Looked like there may have been glue residue needing removed from the fretboard end edge.

Thanks

hell yea! black nuts!!!

I purchased a matte black Schector c6 Deluxe & when I went to change the strings, I realized that the nut slot on the D string is to low! Where did u get a black tusk nut?

you didn't bounce it to see if it's authentic?

Was the slot angles correct?

how is the white one installed?

Debating on trying this myself only concern is messing up the gluing part

The tricky part is the sanding.

What gauge strings do you use? I wanna replace the nut on one of my guitars, and I want one that’ll fit 10-52

Which model number tusq nut did you use for this Schecter? I have the exact same thing so I would really like to know the model number.

Tusq vs real bone,, anyone have a take on this?

Please spend some bucks for a complete fueler gage set. Your mesurement is wrong and you did not hit the right angle hat and did not have the tool you need. Also, it's better to measure the disance between undersite of string and first fret when not pressed. Erlewine published the setups of famous guitar players, and some manufacturers like PRS publish their standard values. Typical is 0,4 mm for the E and 0,2 mm for the e''. Also, you can compare the distance between A) 1st fret and unpressed string and B) 2nd fret and string when pressed on 1st fret. A) shall never be smaller than B), but can be = B (for some guitars, A) must be slightly higher, but only a few "hairs". With 0,4 mm and 02 mm, you are always secure. But your result looks good as far I can see.

Has anyone run into the problem that this nut actually makes the guitar strings buzz? I think it might be a bit too short.

This is hardly the correct way of replacing the nut. Measuring is off.