Fell in a crack and could not get out !

[lw216316]

Yesterday I sat down to play my SD-50 and my high E string only make a sick death cry.

I looked down and it was flat against the frets.
The string had slipped down deep into the nut and left no clearance.

Two weeks ago, I had put on some light guage strings to experiment with.
They played ok until this happened.

I went back to mediums and all was well.

The previous set had been medium lights and they worked ok until wore out.

I liked the med-L so well I thought to experiment with lights....

...guess another nut would have to be filed and used if I wanted to return to lights.
(looks like the stock nut will work for med or med-L )

Any thoughts on this ? What is your experience ?

- Larry

[jeremy3220]

I haven't experienced that. But it sounds like there is a deep slot that the light string will fall into but not the medium; If so you should be able to see it. You might want to have someone make a new nut for it. Your high E string maybe not be making good contact if you have a gap under it.

[lw216316]

Your high E string maybe not be making good contact if you have a gap under it.

I had not noticed any buzz before this thin E string worked its way down.

So - It should be possible for one NUT to be filed in a way to provide for MED ,  MED- L , or lights ?

- Larry

[jeremy3220]

I had not noticed any buzz before this thin E string worked its way down.

So - It should be possible for one NUT to be filed in a way to provide for MED ,  MED- L , or lights ?

- Larry

Yes. Consider that the difference between the high E on a medium(.013) and light(.012) set is only .001" and the nut can easily be filed to accomdate either. The nut should be filed slightly larger than the string anyway.

[lw216316]

Thanks Jeremy.
I'll have that done.

- Larry

[Queequeg]

Yes. Consider that the difference between the high E on a medium(.013) and light(.012) set is only .001" and the nut can easily be filed to accomdate either. The nut should be filed slightly larger than the string anyway.

right. a little powered bone, and some of that there cyanoacrylate  unclerob seems to likes so much will fill that nut.