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H8069 Heirloom Stratocaster-Style Guitar Kit
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Installing Nut
Components and Hardware Needed: Qty
Neck and Body (Assembled) .............................
1
Nut ................................................................... 4
To install the nut:
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.
— If the nut will not fit into the slot, sand one
side on a piece of sandpaper until it fits
snugly into the slot as shown in
Figure 27.
Make sure the large grooves on the nut are
toward the top of the neck.
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.
Figure 27. Nut installed. (Insert: craping nut slot)
Nut
To install the strings using the bridge:
1. Slide the 1st string through the corresponding
hole in the tremolo block (
Figure 29).
Winding Strings
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."
Figure 28. Example of correct string locations.
Figure 29. 1st string installed through tremolo
block.
Tremolo
Block
1st String
Location
Large Grooves
Nut
Slot