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  • JT580LP Locknut replacement...

    The usual question. I found some info searching but it's kind of dated so let me ask this again...

    My '96 SL2 has a JT580LP. The lock nut is the same as the one on my '92 Fusion HH.

    I really need replacements for both guitars, but of course OFR (and Korean OFR) nuts are about 1 mm too tall.

    Does ANYONE sell a QUALITY replacement lock nut which I won't need to spend hours filing to the correct height?

    How about the Stewmac.com Schaller R4 nut?

    http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Nuts,_sa...s.html#details

    I'm tempted to try this but as I said, when I searched I found others trying locknuts from here and there only to be disappointed that they weren't the correct height.

    Anyone?!?

  • #2
    *bump*

    Nothing but crickets. Guess I should resume grinding down the OFR nut?

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    • #3
      I've heard that you can just file down the nut shelf. It would definitely go faster than filing the nut itself.
      Scott

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      • #4
        Mmmm... You *could* do that, but I wouldn't recommend it. That should be done with a router so it's perfectly flat and square. I'd take it to my luthier and have it done if I end up going that route; I don't have a router or a jig to do it like he would.

        So far, so good on filing the nut, though, the caliper says I've gotten it down a little over .3 mm in under an hour, so I figure another couple of hours max and I'm done.

        I figure, a good machined OFR nut should last 5 - 10 years if not abused, so I shouldn't have to do this again for a while.

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