The Bassist and Guitarist thread

[winjim]

spend £3 at screwfix and if it doesn't work you might have to spend and extra £30. Better than spending £30 when the £3 tool might have worked. If the screwfix tool is a standard nut extractor with a left hand thread, i can't see how it won't work.

My concern is that if I use the regular nut extractor and it doesn't work, then I've already ruined any chance of the tapered tool engaging. The next option would be to dremel out a slot for a flathead screwdriver.

I should probably document this as a project. Anyone interested in seeing me try to renovate a guitar which I bought as a teenager and has since been subjected to thirty years of abuse, knocked around, setup by a drunken fool, been lent to other drunken fools, stored improperly in lofts, cellars and garages and generally neglected?

It's not a high end guitar but it is cool in its own way and I'm sentimentally attached to it. Brandoni custom Stratocaster if anyone's familiar with those. They're very silly which is probably why I like them.

 

[Oldhippy]

If you have a decent music shop near you they may have contact with a decent guitar tech near by who could assist with a small fee perhaps.

 

[MontyVeda]

Another option that I'd try is to replicate the stewmac tool with an old oversized allen key... give it a taper on a grinding thing if you've got one.

The stew mac tool is probably cheaper than a guitar tech. I was quoted £50 for a nut!

 

[winjim]

I'm happy working on it myself, same as my bikes. Particularly this one, it's a bit of a labour of love. I abused and neglected it for so long, it's only proper that I should try and put it right.

The truss rod nut is the limiting factor which is why I'm doing it first. If I can't manage that then I'll have to have a rethink. New neck or even neck and body, and transplant the hardware. Would be a shame though, and more expensive than I can afford right now.