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Installing Nut
Components and Hardware Needed:
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.
nut
nut
slot
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 Curly Maple Guitar Kit
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large grooves
Winding Strings
Components and Hardware Needed:
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."
6
E
5
A
D
D
4
G
3
2
B
1
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).
tremolo
block
1st string
location
figure 29. 1st string installed through tremolo
block.
Qty
E
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