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Installing Nut |
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Components and Hardware Needed: | Qty |
Neck and Body (Assembled) | 1 |
Nut | 4 |
To install the nut: |
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1.Turn the guitar face up and use a chisel or razor blade to scrape any finish out of the nut slot. DO NOT remove any wood from the nut slot.
2.Slide the nut into the slot.
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Figure 27. Nut installed. (Insert: craping nut slot)
3.Remove the nut, spread a thin layer of glue in the nut slot, and center the nut in the nut slot.
4.Clamp the nut in place.
5.Wipe away the excess glue before it sets up, then allow the glue to dry for 24 hours.
H8069 Heirloom Stratocaster-Style Guitar Kit
Winding Strings |
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Components and Hardware Needed: | Qty |
Neck and Body (Assembled) | 1 |
Strings | 6 |
The correct position of the guitar strings is shown in Figure 28. The thin High "E" string is the "1st" string and the thick Low "E" string is the "6th."
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Figure 28. Example of correct string locations.
To install the strings using the bridge:
1.Slide the 1st string through the corresponding hole in the tremolo block (Figure 29).
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Block
1st String
Location