Again lifted from the C word haze. Just knowing there’s a crotchety old bass player in a workshop somewhere in the wilds of Toronto cursing at a guitar makes my day. Cheers Dave hope everything is going well for you.
I'm an 80 year old Telecaster guy, wouldn't it be nice when you buy a Fender that it's done Correctly right from the Factory guess that's too much to ask for... Love your videos I'm glad Someone has the Patience to do it Correctly...
I just installed the white manmade ivory Tusque nut on my 98 American Strat. What a game changer. The nut was simple to install. I just needed to sand off the bottom nub and take a little off one side to make it fit. The height was much better and as result, I was able to get my action lower than from the factory! Plus string clarity and sustain is much improved. Highly recommended!!
Meatball sandwich followed by ice cream sandwich… Your videos are really great, Dave! Thank you for providing quality entertainment on the Internet… I wish more people would do this but I don’t think it’s going to happen anytime soon. Regardless, I’ll keep watching your channel and living vicariously through your adventures in the world of fun stuff. Beware the Gooch!
great job dave. im learning everyday from you and thank you for that here in south Carolina. im not a tele person you know im a les paul person, so keep up the fantastic work and thank you. im accumulating the tools you use as we speak. have most now. Larry
Erlewine just sands the curved bottom across the fretboard that he’s already put a piece of sandpaper on facing up. Might be easier that way than messing with the nut slots.
And I think that that's a great idea. That's the way that I'm shaping my tusq nut that I plan to put on a Squier series Strat that has a poorly cut nut.
Thanks for a really nice step-by-step how-to on installing a curved bottom Tusq nut. I have the very same one, sitting here, waiting to go into practically the same guitar. And I've been putting it off, for no good reason, really. I've put in flat-bottomed Tusq nuts, and like them. I thought one would be a nice add to the Tele. So now I know. Cheers, Bud!
Thanks Dave, that was a great video. I actually learned something new. The test you did with the feeler gauge and the "sound I like to hear" part so a person knows when the nut slot depth is correct. Genius you are sir!
I went through a phase where I was putting nuts on every guitar I saw. I had a good time but my band mates didn't think it was that cool. I got kicked out of a few guitar stores too.
I know this isn't about the truss rod but I had to tell you Dave. My 4mm Tele Style rod nut refused to move. I broke a 4mm t-handle wrench on it. So I broke down, gave in and bought the Gripper from screw mac cause they swore it works. It didn't. Rod nut still won't move and Gripper is starting to round at the edges. First and last thing I ever buy from them. :D At least they're giving my my money back. I still haven't given up on the nut though. Hate to throw a beautiful almost white maple neck away.
Good to know Hosco now has pre slotted nuts available at Solo. I’m needing to replace the stock plastic one on my new Tele replacement neck after I gooched it up a little by filing too deep on g and b strings. Good video!
That's why it's absolutely worth it to have a real luthier do your pro setup! I've paid for 3 of my 9 guitars to be setup by a luthier and it's worth every penny!!!!! My last one coincidentally was my Squier Tele. Another job well done Dave!
Looks like an upgrade Highway One, USA body and neck - same neck as whatever the US Standard was using at the time but with bigger frets here and no dual action truss rod - satin(ish) contemporary style nitro finish, assembled in the US. I still have one, same finish as this but a rosewood board. Yeah, the pickguard is a nuisance. But it's a tele and it sounds/plays good. Belated vote for the meatball sandwich. Thanks for the video. e: they stopped making it and replaced it with the American Special - basically the same, but no nitro finish and with Texas Special pickups. If you have an early American Special, pull the neck and you might see a Highway One sticker on the heel.
I made a tele nut once from bone. It came out perfect. Then, the very last time I was setting it in...SNAP. They are very thin. Think I'll try Solo's bone nut. I won't be so emotionally attached!
Good day Dave. I’ve got a Gibson custom lite with a chipped nut. I like the idea of having it replaced with a tusq nut. Are you available for the job and what kind of pricing am I looking at. Trevor
Got my G&L Tribute delivered and right away grabbed a graphite nut from Graphtech to change that imported cheap piece of crap. Only to find out, it already was graphite! Very sneaky to put out a quality product for a good price there G&L....Has Gibson not taught you anything?
I didn't know that a 22 fret Tele would require you to take the neck off in order to remove the pick guard. I have a 21 fret MIM Richard Burton Tele (similar burgundy color but with "paisley" spotting) that doesn't have this problem, and the neck pickup is screw adjustable from the top. A great instrument, good tone and very comfortable to play. Unfortunately it doesn't make me sound like Richard Burton!
It seems that the tusq nut for strat/tele is a rare thing at L&M these days. Went to 4 stores and not a one flat type. Maybe I will order one from Solo.
If I remember right, they only did that fretboard extension for a couple years. I thought maybe 70's, but that nice red tele looks sweet for being that old. CBS 'logo' though I think?? Real Tele guys can tell us maybe?? 8) --gary
It’s a highway one telecaster. I have the same exact model 2009. Put compensated brass saddles and shielded the electronics. She’s my daily driver and don’t need anything else
@@andresguillen6750 Very cool! When Leo designed the Telecaster the neck was 1 piece of wood, frets were cut in the top and the back was routed for a truss rod, with a walnut cover, or "skunk stripe" LOL. The adjustment was in the heel, under the pick guard. Everyone loved that 8). With the 25.5" scale there was only room for 21 frets. They then went to a maple fretboard on the maple neck, and installed the truss rod under it so the adjustment was in the top behind the nut, like most guitars. They also increased the frets to 22, but used a fretboard extension over the body to keep the same neck pocket size. I've had many of those on my bench, I'm just not sure when they started doing it. The red highway one looks sweet!! --gary
Nice looking tele, but there where a couple thing that concerned me as to how authentic as a fender it was (hope I'm wrong). The finish on the body had blooms on it (dull patches) and the Fender Telecaster decal looked wrongly positioned. No offence intended would appreciate being headed in the right direction as to how to tell if I'm right or wrong when i look these things. Great posts Dave, hope you enjoyed your sandwich the ham and mustard sounds great.
@@andresguillen6750 that's good to know. Thanks for getting back to me, as I said initially either way it's a lovely looking guitar and I'm sure it sounds as good as it looks. Just love a tele that's a good all rounder. Thanks again ✌
Seriously, I don’t know why graph tech puts that nub in the center, but that’s all I see available. I wouldn’t use them on a flat bottom nut slot because of the air gaps. Now they insist on putting their name on it, making it ugly. Bone, please...
Tusq is produced along the lines of Corian, and it's made of the same materials in a slightly different ratio of the synthetic polymers and in different quantities...Essentially it's a denser more resonant Corian, which is just a trade name for another mix of synthetic polymers.
@@offbeatbassgear , interestingly, I bought my Tele from a pawn shop for a 125 bucks about 12 or 15 years ago, with a hard case; it had a cracked off nut on the bass string side with a big chunk missing. At the time I wasn't aware that you could build it back up with super glue and baking soda, so I cut my own replace nut, with all the wrong tools (the smallest needle files I had and a razor blade that I roughed up and so on); it actually came out quite well, no buzzing or friction hangup. I had some kind of kit of nut blanks that I picked up somewhere along the way, I don't remember if they were hard plastic or what, I'm pretty sure they weren't bone. Interesting, the same pawn shop also had a black Telecaster with the same broken nut on the bass string side, I probably should have bought that one too! It's worth noting that I was a high end car stereo installer for about 15 years and I got really good at filing dashboards and custom fitting radios into cars that really weren't designed for them. I never spent much time working with a block plane but my hand filing and Dremel tool routing skills are pretty good.
This is vintage spec that does exist anymore unless it’s a vintage spec reissue or tribute guitar from Fender. For example, American pro and player models have screw adjustments on the outside where the Vintera models don’t because they are 50’s or 60’s spec guitars.
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My love for Teles has no bounds.
Dave needs a shirt that says “Tele’s, like a Strat but not as cool!”
Again lifted from the C word haze. Just knowing there’s a crotchety old bass player in a workshop somewhere in the wilds of Toronto cursing at a guitar makes my day. Cheers Dave hope everything is going well for you.
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I'm an 80 year old Telecaster guy, wouldn't it be nice when you buy a Fender that it's done Correctly right from the Factory guess that's too much to ask for... Love your videos I'm glad Someone has the Patience to do it Correctly...
Buy a Nash
Buy a Friedman. Bit pricey though.
I just installed the white manmade ivory Tusque nut on my 98 American Strat. What a game changer. The nut was simple to install. I just needed to sand off the bottom nub and take a little off one side to make it fit. The height was much better and as result, I was able to get my action lower than from the factory! Plus string clarity and sustain is much improved. Highly recommended!!
Nothing better than a video about replacing nuts. I'm getting older and just might have to have this done on my instrument!!!!!
Love the Tape to Nut trick ! I learned much from Uncle Dave's videos 😃
Great to hear!
Nice work Dave👍💪
Great techniques you're showing here. Thanks for all the fantastic work Dave!
Meatball sandwich followed by ice cream sandwich… Your videos are really great, Dave! Thank you for providing quality entertainment on the Internet… I wish more people would do this but I don’t think it’s going to happen anytime soon. Regardless, I’ll keep watching your channel and living vicariously through your adventures in the world of fun stuff.
Beware the Gooch!
Ice cream sandwich sounds so good right now lol.
@@thenumberofthebeast2 agreed
Wow I literally just bought a Telecaster online this morning! That's crazy lol. I'm really excited, cheers.
I literally finished building my kit telly 2 days ago, today it was final adjustment...
Congrats, everyone needs a Tele.
Which modern decade version did you get?
@@-suphur I agree! I feel like my little arsenal is complete now.
@@GenosGlory it's a Squier bullet! Lake placid blue, a lot of good things have been said about it and I decided to pull the trigger.
great job dave. im learning everyday from you and thank you for that here in south Carolina. im not a tele person you know im a les paul person, so keep up the fantastic work and thank you. im accumulating the tools you use as we speak. have most now. Larry
Erlewine just sands the curved bottom across the fretboard that he’s already put a piece of sandpaper on facing up. Might be easier that way than messing with the nut slots.
And I think that that's a great idea. That's the way that I'm shaping my tusq nut that I plan to put on a Squier series Strat that has a poorly cut nut.
Top Tele! That's a good tip using the feeler gauge and picking the string to check the first fret...why didn't I think of that....
Darn you Dave, now I want a meatball sammich...
Thanks for a really nice step-by-step how-to on installing a curved bottom Tusq nut. I have the very same one, sitting here, waiting to go into practically the same guitar. And I've been putting it off, for no good reason, really. I've put in flat-bottomed Tusq nuts, and like them. I thought one would be a nice add to the Tele. So now I know. Cheers, Bud!
Thanks Dave, that was a great video. I actually learned something new. The test you did with the feeler gauge and the "sound I like to hear" part so a person knows when the nut slot depth is correct.
Genius you are sir!
Doctor Davey fixes it ...
David it has to be a "Ham and English Mustard Sandwich" with a bag of potato chips for the crunch. Nice job.
Mind how much you put on that English mustard though.
Sgt Steel 🥵🤬 is about right if you’ve never had it before😀
I went through a phase where I was putting nuts on every guitar I saw. I had a good time but my band mates didn't think it was that cool. I got kicked out of a few guitar stores too.
I know this isn't about the truss rod but I had to tell you Dave. My 4mm Tele Style rod nut refused to move. I broke a 4mm t-handle wrench on it. So I broke down, gave in and bought the Gripper from screw mac cause they swore it works. It didn't. Rod nut still won't move and Gripper is starting to round at the edges. First and last thing I ever buy from them. :D
At least they're giving my my money back. I still haven't given up on the nut though. Hate to throw a beautiful almost white maple neck away.
Good to know Hosco now has pre slotted nuts available at Solo. I’m needing to replace the stock plastic one on my new Tele replacement neck after I gooched it up a little by filing too deep on g and b strings. Good video!
Toasted ham, cheese, tomarto and onion sanga...
Some great tips here, Dave 👍
That's why it's absolutely worth it to have a real luthier do your pro setup! I've paid for 3 of my 9 guitars to be setup by a luthier and it's worth every penny!!!!! My last one coincidentally was my Squier Tele. Another job well done Dave!
Enjoy your "sand wedge", Dave
I did not have to cut the slots on mine, they came out perfect.
Looks like an upgrade Highway One, USA body and neck - same neck as whatever the US Standard was using at the time but with bigger frets here and no dual action truss rod - satin(ish) contemporary style nitro finish, assembled in the US. I still have one, same finish as this but a rosewood board. Yeah, the pickguard is a nuisance. But it's a tele and it sounds/plays good.
Belated vote for the meatball sandwich.
Thanks for the video.
e: they stopped making it and replaced it with the American Special - basically the same, but no nitro finish and with Texas Special pickups. If you have an early American Special, pull the neck and you might see a Highway One sticker on the heel.
I made a tele nut once from bone. It came out perfect. Then, the very last time I was setting it in...SNAP. They are very thin. Think I'll try Solo's bone nut. I won't be so emotionally attached!
Good day Dave. I’ve got a Gibson custom lite with a chipped nut. I like the idea of having it replaced with a tusq nut. Are you available for the job and what kind of pricing am I looking at. Trevor
I would go for a mozzarella salmon sandwich.
I replaced two of my guitars with those graphtech nuts. Both came out perfect. Mine were flat bottom
Got my G&L Tribute delivered and right away grabbed a graphite nut from Graphtech to change that imported cheap piece of crap. Only to find out, it already was graphite! Very sneaky to put out a quality product for a good price there G&L....Has Gibson not taught you anything?
I just did this to my strat
You could have a tuna fish sandwich Dave or if you feel brave,a sardine sandwich............................
and the front pickup that was too close stayed that way??? 🤔
Tina Turna, Sweatcone, maynonase and lettoose !
I didn't know that a 22 fret Tele would require you to take the neck off in order to remove the pick guard. I have a 21 fret MIM Richard Burton Tele (similar burgundy color but with "paisley" spotting) that doesn't have this problem, and the neck pickup is screw adjustable from the top. A great instrument, good tone and very comfortable to play. Unfortunately it doesn't make me sound like Richard Burton!
Mr. Dave,what would be a good nut to put on a Gibson tribute?
Is the radius of the nut slot always the same or does it match the radius of the fretboard? Cheers Dave!
How about a Lebanon bologna sandwich with provolone cheese and mustard!
It seems that the tusq nut for strat/tele is a rare thing at L&M these days. Went to 4 stores and not a one flat type. Maybe I will order one from Solo.
I have one like that but it's not tall enough to project above the frets. Guess the not alot is too deep.
Hey Dave, I'd like to see a humbucker in a squire tele install
Watch the Fender video on the Andy Summers custom Tele. I think you'll like it.
If I remember right, they only did that fretboard extension for a couple years. I thought maybe 70's, but that nice red tele looks sweet for being that old. CBS 'logo' though I think?? Real Tele guys can tell us maybe?? 8) --gary
It’s a highway one telecaster. I have the same exact model 2009. Put compensated brass saddles and shielded the electronics. She’s my daily driver and don’t need anything else
@@andresguillen6750 Very cool! When Leo designed the Telecaster the neck was 1 piece of wood, frets were cut in the top and the back was routed for a truss rod, with a walnut cover, or "skunk stripe" LOL. The adjustment was in the heel, under the pick guard. Everyone loved that 8). With the 25.5" scale there was only room for 21 frets. They then went to a maple fretboard on the maple neck, and installed the truss rod under it so the adjustment was in the top behind the nut, like most guitars. They also increased the frets to 22, but used a fretboard extension over the body to keep the same neck pocket size. I've had many of those on my bench, I'm just not sure when they started doing it. The red highway one looks sweet!! --gary
Tele sandwich 🥪🎸
Why not just fill the slots with superglue and bone dust and save changing the nut out completely?
Grilled cheese AND ham! hehehe....
Hehe...... he said meatballs
Nice looking tele, but there where a couple thing that concerned me as to how authentic as a fender it was (hope I'm wrong). The finish on the body had blooms on it (dull patches) and the Fender Telecaster decal looked wrongly positioned.
No offence intended would appreciate being headed in the right direction as to how to tell if I'm right or wrong when i look these things. Great posts Dave, hope you enjoyed your sandwich the ham and mustard sounds great.
Could it be a satin finish thats showing some wear in places?
@@michaelstewart5081 yeah quite possibly, at the time of writing I wasn't aware they did a satin finish.
Yep. It’s a highway one with nitro satin finish. Fantastic guitar
@@andresguillen6750 that's good to know. Thanks for getting back to me, as I said initially either way it's a lovely looking guitar and I'm sure it sounds as good as it looks. Just love a tele that's a good all rounder. Thanks again ✌
Seriously, I don’t know why graph tech puts that nub in the center, but that’s all I see available. I wouldn’t use them on a flat bottom nut slot because of the air gaps. Now they insist on putting their name on it, making it ugly. Bone, please...
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How about a grilled ham and cheese? Add lettuce if you like.
Hot ham and cheese sandwich
Dave do g and l asat teles have a flat or curved under nut profile.much obliged.
Is Tusq similar to Corian, a synthetic countertop material? I've heard of people cutting nuts out of Corian.
Tusq is produced along the lines of Corian, and it's made of the same materials in a slightly different ratio of the synthetic polymers and in different quantities...Essentially it's a denser more resonant Corian, which is just a trade name for another mix of synthetic polymers.
@@offbeatbassgear , interestingly, I bought my Tele from a pawn shop for a 125 bucks about 12 or 15 years ago, with a hard case; it had a cracked off nut on the bass string side with a big chunk missing. At the time I wasn't aware that you could build it back up with super glue and baking soda, so I cut my own replace nut, with all the wrong tools (the smallest needle files I had and a razor blade that I roughed up and so on); it actually came out quite well, no buzzing or friction hangup. I had some kind of kit of nut blanks that I picked up somewhere along the way, I don't remember if they were hard plastic or what, I'm pretty sure they weren't bone. Interesting, the same pawn shop also had a black Telecaster with the same broken nut on the bass string side, I probably should have bought that one too!
It's worth noting that I was a high end car stereo installer for about 15 years and I got really good at filing dashboards and custom fitting radios into cars that really weren't designed for them. I never spent much time working with a block plane but my hand filing and Dremel tool routing skills are pretty good.
This meatball is going to have a sandwich.
You should make videos making yourself sandwiches. Then you could be like, "well, just gonna finish up this sandwich and go fix a guitar."
Hilarious! 😂
Dave, what size feeler gauge do you use on Gibson scale neck relief? tks.
@@DavesWorldofFunStuff thanks. :) Hope the sandwich was good.
Should of rasied the pu and charged him 30 Dollars more
Nice nut Dave
Can't you just put a slide under slack strings at the 15 fret and pull the pick-guard?
you can do whatever you like
@@DavesWorldofFunStuff super helpful thx
At 8:15, what would you do if the nut was wider that than the neck? Sand each end evenly?
American made is wider than import and the string spacing at the bridge is wider! Take note that your pickup also need to match the spacing!
@MRGRUMPY53 The Elite neck is 42.8 also. I just just got my Mod Shop Tele last Thursday with the C to D neck.
@MRGRUMPY53 I agree. Seeing that my other guitar is an Affinity Squier, I have both ends of nut widths lol.
SO, you didn't adjust the pickup height?
He did, he just didn't show it, because of the pick guard issue.
@@freedomination2 Thanks! Taking that neck off is a dumb hassle. C'mon Fender!
Put a shim behind the nut?
roast beef
@10:03 And that's why the stratocaster is a better guitar.
This is vintage spec that does exist anymore unless it’s a vintage spec reissue or tribute guitar from Fender. For example, American pro and player models have screw adjustments on the outside where the Vintera models don’t because they are 50’s or 60’s spec guitars.
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Why would anyone F with the nut on a new guitar is beyond me.
If it doesn't bind the strings or have high 1st fret action - it's probably going to be a waste to fix what ain't broke.
How are you supposed to set the pickup height properly if you cant have the strings on when you're doing it? Stupid design.
Go metric. Imperial measurements are for caveman.