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    I have a bass guitar which was given to me with a broken nut. The broken nut was also glued in with a lot of glue. When I knocked the old nut out there was a little bit of rosewood stuck to the bottom of the nut.

    I want to file the slot but I dont have a nut seating file. I have some jewelers file bit I found they flex a little when I use them and my nut slot isn't dead flat.

    Its a fender style 3mm nut slot. Is there another way I can do this without buying an overpriced file from someone like stewmac?

    Legin

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    Can you use the side of a flat file?

    Or some emery cloth or wet and dry over a piece of metal?

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    You can also buy bone nut blanks and make a whole new nut for a few bucks. there are ways to fill rhe old slots with bicarb of sada and ca glue then refile them but a new nut would be my pick.
    regards,
    john

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    Try using some feeler gauges and cutting slots into them to make a saw with a Dremel or the like. I've also used a hacksaw blade and ground down the sides with some 120 grit as well. Coping saw blades aren't strong enough.

    A set of good nut files is a once off investment but I agree they are expensive and you want to get the value.
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    Hi guys

    I got the slot filed nice and flat. I ended up using a mixture of small files I have. Not ideal but I just took my time and got the job done.
    The nut goes in nice and tight. Filed some string slots and tested my intonation. All good. Happy me.
    Next time I may buy a nut seating file or maybe even make my own.

    Cheers

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