How to Make a Guitar Nut from a Blank
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- Опубліковано 22 кві 2020
- Dan Erlewine and Elyse show you step-by-step how to make the perfect custom guitar nut from a blank. Elyse decided to make a guitar nut out of bone because it's light, durable and easy to work with. Elyse walks you through every detail you need to know to make your own perfect guitar nut from a blank. From removing the old nut, cleaning the nut slot, cutting and sanding, identifying and marking string spacing, proper slotting techniques, polishing the nut to get a jewel-like finish and finally installing the nut.
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I like how Dan showed how she could improve the nut and THEN showed us a similar one he made years ago. Instead of making her work look less than perfect, he showed that everyone starts at the beginning and can improve (even himself). It would be nice if all management could take this approach.
Some might call this Dansplaining.
Good point …. I’m a journeyman electrician and keep that mentality daily with the apprentices I teach
This is key. Not just telling us “yep that’s good” but continually improving and admitting imperfections. I’d let anyone who could do that work on my instrument
who cares ?
leadership by example. it's good stuff.
Could you imagine apprenticing with this legend? What a fantastic opportunity.
I like the way both Dan & Elyse communicate with us. Easy to follow and understand the how-to's. Hope to see her teaching us again.
What an amazing teacher. You know how to explain mistakes without breeding self doubt. She did an amazing job and id expect that with such a good teacher and a great learner. Good job Elyse, keep up the good work.
How can you not love Stew Mac? These UA-cam lessons are super helpful and very practical.
"You won't get it right on the first nut you make, but practice makes perfect." 😂
Couldn’t even pay attention after the first nut, just got funnier each time
I love Dan's style of teaching...so empowering and encouraging. Dan, you're a national treasure...a firm hand steering the ship!
Dan Erlewine for President!!!
Always love Dan's style and expertise. Glad he's passing it along to a new generation.
Yes. He’s like a library of encyclopedias full of knowledge. If I could only know what he’s forgotten about guitars in his lifetime, it would be a blessing.
back in the day Dan published repair tips in the early Guitar Player magazine
@@cyber-psych2503 Always the 1st page I'd go to!
The old nice sweet-voiced man and his tattooed rad apprentice young lady. I mean, how cool is this team?!
Jim R • Nope. Athens, Ohio. About 30 minutes from West Virginia. Home of Ohio University. Very pretty around there.
The old nice sweet man was a rocker in his day. One of Mike Bloomfield's contemporaries, in fact I believe Mr. Erlewine Owned the Bloomfield burst and traded it to Bloomfield for his 54 Les Paul. He's a real interesting dude
Gunhedd Crazy. Only a few hrs from my house
About 9 minutes into the video, his voice over, his voice, reminded me of Johnny Cash.. 😂
@@89schofe Probably someone who loves guitars and modding them professionally
Dan Erlewine is a national treasure.
I don't play guitar or work on them but I really love these StewMac videos. I have such an appreciation for the craftsmanship you all display in your work!
1:57 When you knock out an ol' nut with yo homies
This looks like a friendly workplace. Cheers to you guys
What makes this such a great video in my opinion is that you had your apprentice show the world that making a nut from a blank isn't some mysterious, impossible feat, at least not for anyone possessing a little skill with tools and measuring. Thanks again, Dan, and please - more videos by Elyse!!!
I'm always impressed with how well the Stewmac staff and students speak on camera. Their dialog is most likely scripted, but they do such a good job it makes them sound so professional. No hesitation, no shyness, no "umms" or "ahhs", no unnecessary slangs or expressions which would be distracting . I always enjoy seeing new videos even though I would never build a guitar myself.
Thanks! They're actually not as scripted as you might think. We mostly work from outlines.
This is my favourite repair to do in the guitar shop i work at, i could do it forever
This is one of the best demonstration videos I’ve ever seen. It moves quickly enough to cover a ton of ground, is incredibly well-filmed-I was able to clearly see how to do it, well-explained at every single juncture, and even includes the very special oversight, commentary, and counsel of a master. I’m going to watch it again, then order the couple of tools I don’t already have, and then begin to learn how to do this extremely important job correctly. Thank you!
Glad it was helpful! Best of luck!
This video was really awesome and inspiring. Congratulations Elyse and a quick recovery on your hand, Dan.
I love all the info, but I also love the camaraderie and friendship and encouragement. That's a good company.
Dan is an excellent teacher! I could watch him for hours!
I have... lol.
I’ve learned so much from Dan through his books and videos. He is a great teacher
Congratulations and very impressive! Special thanks to Dan for educating all of us through the years🙏
I am very fascinated for just looking at the making of a guitar with all the details that go in so amazing, i love just looking at it !!!!
Excellent video. And Dan seems to be a very good teacher/mentor. He really guided his "student" and treated her with a great deal of respect. I can't wait to watch more of these videos.Cheers!
Love this channel! There’s something so relaxing about watching guitar repair.
Dan is a national treasure. Great work Elyse.
Congratulations Elyse! You and Dan the man work really well together! Dan seems very patient and he has taught you well!…
Such an awesome resource for musicians. I can’t thank you enough for all of your videos they are so informative and very enjoyable to watch. Keep it up
Thank you so much! You guys are great. Dan & Elyse are so cool with the teaching method! Great job Elyse, you're a pro and help me understand this for the Super Strat I'm building! Great filming too. Y'all rock!
Gratulations Elyse!
I hope you’ve kept up your studies and are doing well.
A friend replaced the nut on my classical guitar as a gift. I had no idea of the craftsmanship involved. I appreciate his generosity so much more now. Thank you for this video!
Glad to see you passing this down to next generation!! Great work!!
Great video! Been watching a lot of these videos as a family member left me several guitars after they had passed. The videos have been very helpful.
Dan seems like such a supportive man. I love these videos!
CONGRATS ELYSE! Great job! Always love these stew Mac videos. I will be referencing this video alot just like I do all of Dan's videos. Thanks!
It's great to see an older tradesmen share is skills!
I love the recognition, the diploma. Heart warming.
That might be the most detailed video I’ve seen them share. Nice job. I really like how she checked the nut height by pressing down on the 2nd fret. I hadn’t seen that done before.
Gotta love Dan's intro - proud Papa style. Elyse can work on my guitars anytime - amazing work and tutorial - thanks !
Great video and very constructive feedback which shows an expert craftsman and teacher
Awesome to see dan passing along his knowledge and expertise to the younger generation.
Nice job by young lady. Dan is a legend and a true national treasure.
that looks young to you? she's 35 at least
high production value, friends! not only are you guys great at fixing guitars, you're awesome at telling people about it too!
Great job, Elyse and Dan! Graduation congrats, Elyse! Love these videos... very interesting! I need to quit procrastinating and get new nuts on many of my guitars..
This is a treat - and will remain so for the next few years
Man i would love to learn from someone with this kind of knowledge. I am learning the best I can to work on my Les Paul and Strat.
Congrats for this teaching and transmission knowledge. Beautiful nut, you have some gold in your hands
You guys make it look easy !! Dan is the man.
I really value watching these videos more than most. I have to do most of my repairs myself and these videos give me the confidence to do them w/o fearing that I’m going to really mess up my guitar.
It's very difficult to completely ruin a guitar. Even if you slice off a hunk of the body (on an electric, not acoustic), it makes absolutely no difference to how it sounds or plays. Now, you could always buy a really cheap guitar, or a build kit, and use that to practice on. Also, the easiest thing to learn for soldering is the output jack, so start there if you've never soldered before. Philip McKnight has some good videos, too, and has done videos for StewMac.
The best tutorial video on this topic. I learned a lot. Thx for sharing!
Super useful video. I re-fashioned the nut for a Peruvian nylon string I own using stewmac blanks, and watched this a few times before diving in.
Dan is the Man, I learned from him many many years ago
Thank you. I've just learned something today and I am grateful for the video.
Elyse is extremely lucky. In the entire world, there is no better journeyman that she could be learning from.
Awesome job, Elyse!
Dan the Guitar nut specialist, great job guys.
Great instruction and video production. Love watching these.
Wow, she really is working out on that nut.
I'm impressed.
Great job Elyse!
This is so useful! I can't wait to make my first actually decent nut, this has given me much more confidence
Bravo Elyse ! Dan you're great.
dude I wish I could work there, great video and nice explaining, Elyse did a great job
I use those same Precision Brand feeler gauges. Love them! So much easier and quicker to stack when they are separate and organized like that.
Stew Mac polish wheels are amazing! Best shine ever
I was going to ask about recommended tools but was smart (for once) and looked at description. That is more thorough than ANYONE I have seen over the years on recommendation. Great video to share the knowledge. I have been trying to figure out where to start and this video popped into my feed!
I wonder if she plays guitar..and her fav genre..
When I was learning to make a bone nut, my teacher told me to buy a bunch of blanks and keep making one till I was satisfied with it enough to put it on my 1958 Fender Stratocaster,
I think I made around 50 before I was happy with it. Its been on my guitar for 30 years!
Extremely helpful! I made an aluminum nut (had to be only 1/8" from headstock side to fretboard to not interfere with truss rods, but very strong) for my 15 string AliExpress extended range bass because the original was awful, and now it plays like a dream! Thanks for putting this craftsmanship knowledge out there for free. 🎄
Really great tutorial! I’m going to give it a try making one thanks!
Great video and very timely. I'm going to be making my first "from-scratch" nut for a mandolin I've been making and this will really help. I supposed I will actually be making my first two or three, if I'm honest... :-) Showing the "areas for improvement" was really helpful too.
Man I want to apprentice under Dan the man! I've been building guitars for years but I would jump on that opportunity in a second and act like I've never touched a guitar just to learn from a master. I actually think making nuts is one of the funnest parts of a build, you can really get creative trying to find the best pitch and angle for the string path.
I have six guitars and they all need new nuts! So this video was just what the Dr. ordered! Thank you! Stew Mack! Congrat's, Elyse!
You're the man, Dan! Albert frickin King!?! ❤️❤️❤️
Congratulations Elyse!
Great segment & awesome team contrast! Could have been many dirty comments but I'm seeing people are being mature! Bravo people!!
I wish my apprentices at work were as beautiful as Dan's!!! Great job Elyse!
Congrats Elyse!! Great vid!! I like the way she talks🙂
I learned a lot from Dan and its cool to see that hes passing his knowledge to the younger generation...
You’re the best , nice to pass your knowledge on
I'm an apprentice of a guitar tech as well. My task for today is to make a nut of a somewhat hybrid classical guitar out of nothing lmao. Thanks for this! I learned so much!
Maaaan his eye for detail!! Love your videos Daaan
Damn, girl is good.
Nice to see Dan pick it apart too and point out the slight mistakes.
I watched you a few times yesterday and cut in a nut in my new 200S yamaha, 30 hours later I'm still on the saddle and if it wasn't for the baking soda and super glue trick I wouldn't have noticed how I have a bad habit of over standing. I worked that saddle bridge 4/5 times pored the glue on and sprinkled baking soda. Thanks. All this rework brought new thoughts to mind about radius, intonation and one about making a bridge from different powders, oh yes I get the best string slots award. I will be getting those string slot files. I'm greatful no one saw them. I will get about 10 unbleached each of the nut and saddle and realise that it doesn't what any dealer says in order for any bridge to work as good as it gets each string has to be subject to a reliable tone machine, that said you can still go back in and flatten B G A E. With E 1 mm G 1.5mm A 1 .mm. B 1.5mm. I just watched a guy demo in a roughed in way why he believes this all makes an
Acoustic play betted. The thought is there but would probably ruin a couple blank pieces force me but the having not tried seems worse
Thanks for everything,
Great job you two!!
Great job Elyse
Fun video! Elyse was super chill, good on camera and is well on her way learning from the best - very impressed! Always look forward to the videos!!! Stay safe yooze guys, scary times!
Thanks for the wonderfully uplifting video ☮️
Nothing like a craftsman who loves their job! :) A+
More craftsmen putting videos on UA-cam should show their work in detail and explain how to make it even better. This channel is really a breath of fresh air...and I don't even play or fix guitars. Any why is it that every worker Dan has in these videos just seems so cool?
Always learn loads from these videos, even if I don't have half of the tool's these guys have I can get ideas on how to DIY it (or bodge it!).
I love these videos, they are relaxing and you learn.
Awesome video! Thank you for making things very clear.
Man... the possibilities and potential with all the right tools at your disposal. If i owned a shop like this now, imagine the builds 🤔😁
sure it matters how big the stick it, but it matters a hell of alot more whos swinging it
Congratz Elyse!! Kick some guitar butt in the future!!
Achei incrível ver uma mulher trabalhando como Luther, no Brazil isso é muito raro. Parabéns pelo belo trabalho e pelo diploma. Adorei o vídeo!
Right what i needed. Great video, as usual.
Thanks for this one, really helpful!
Jawbreaker! Good to see I'm not the only one who remembers.
3:38 Sand your pencil flat on one side so the wood casing isn't interfering.
Genius
Pro tip right here
I've learned a lot from this video, thanks!!!
Great presentation 👍
Bravo, so very cool to see woman in the shop. congrads!