Stagg Update - Ah Nuts...

So this morning I returned to the cave to examine the Stagg.

Things were good: The smell was gone.  The neck hadn't snapped.

Excellent.

I decided to grab the bridge and tailpiece and string it up.  May as well find out if I can tune and intonate it, right?

Holding it in playing position, I noticed the nut was hanging past the edge of the high e side of the neck.

Dammit Janet.

The glue all over the fret board indicated that the nut job was a shit show, and this pretty much confirmed it.  The nut spacing was clearly wrong for the neck, and the nut was seated improperly (too much glue for one..).

In the pic below you can see the overhang.  How did I miss this?

TOO BIG MAN!!!

Well, a bit of wiggling and some light prying with the Gerber and POP - Nut is off.

Busted a nut.  Phrasing.

This is probably a good thing.  I can use a razor blade to clean off the excess glue, head to a music store and get an appropriate nut blank.  While I haven't done any nut work in a very long time (well, this kind...), I'm not too worried.

Funny enough, while discussing my father's extensive tool collection with my mother, I noted that his organizational system is woeful, save for the files and rasps.  They have been in the same tidy drawer for 30 years, so if I need a file I don't have, I know who's house I need to visit.

This adds a bit more to the process, but in the end it will be worth it.

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