Now for this, I had yet to get my feeler gauges so I headed to my local auto shop to get what I needed, with those in hand I was able to begin the process. I also moved my guitar to another location to do all of the necessary additional work – my very messy kitchen table! I found the bag f rice to be invaluable in doing the finishing work – as an alternative to a sandbag or anything of the like.

I did have to tighten the truss rod and making the right adjustments.

I then had to file down the grooves for the string height. I found a challenge with the first. I didn’t have a diamond file, so I tried to use my fret filer on the first string (for better or for worse). I then used the sandpaper around the string method for the rest of the nut.

Skills Required: Patience and precision

If I were to do this again, I would have had more tools set aside to proceed with these processes. I always like precision, but with my lack of tools I just couldn’t be as precise as I would like. Having more time for the processes would have been valuable as well.