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Old 12-13-2008, 06:25 PM   #22 (permalink)
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Re: How to lube a nut using #2 lead.

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Originally Posted by marc1kim View Post
I just run the sharpened tip back and forth untill the nut slot is penciled in. This has worked great for me for 17 years of owning Les pauls. Never have I had to change out my tuners. Tuning has always been stable.
That's the way I've done it until I read this thread. It works, but IME only if the nut isn't all that bad. I just tried v8ko's method on the guitar with the recalcitrant nut, and it fixed it!
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