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I recently picked up a Breedlove masterclass Ed Gerhard.  Fantastic sounding guitar.  It has one issue. The top and bottom strings are easy to push off the fretboard.  It has a 1 3/4 nut width so there is plenty of room.  Will a new nut with the strings moved slightly inward solve this?

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It is worth a try. If you are unfamiliar with cutting a new nut buy a cheap plastic one and cut that one. If you get it worng then another plastic one will be cheap. When you are happy with the new nut, you then have a template from which to repeat the process with a bone or tusq nut. Sometimes I buy a pre-cut nut that has a fraction narrower string spacing E-E than the one on the guitar at the moment. There are plenty of videos on YouTube to help with showing you how to do the job. To glue to new nut in place just use two small droplets of superglue as it does not soak into the wood.

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Try this site at GraphTech:

http://www.graphtech.com/products/brands/tusq

They have a large selection of nuts with various string spacing's for different sized necks. I have purchased from them without any issues.

Henk

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Just to follow up on this thread, I had a guitar tech cut a new nut and move the E strings inboard ever so slightly.  Worked like a charm.  The guitar is now a pleasure to play.  As a side note, if you ever get the chance to pick up a Breedlove Masterclass, don’t hesitate.  They hold their own agains anything I’ve played

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Glad to hear your guitar is now playing well.    I was wondering... for such a good quality instrument , why such a "defect" would lèave the factory or why you'd have to pay someone to fix something the maker should willingly do for $ nothing.

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Good call with having a tech make a new nut. The pre fabricated after-market nuts never truly fit just right. There is no substitution to a person making one to fit the instrument and spacing it properly.

-Greg

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Bone nut/ saddle blanks are pretty inexpensive on eBay....

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