At 10:08 PM 1/22/04, you wrote: >Hi Daniel and David, > > > Hi Daniel, > > > > One possible reason the string makes that "quantum jump" is that it may > > be sticking in the groove of the nut. A good way to smooth out the > > groove is with pencil graphite. > >This is a way that works but is looking really bad after. I by myself use >an old wound string to polish the string groove. Apply as much as power >you can give.
I'd be careful here. Some nuts are softer and polish quicker than others. You don't want to take down too much material. Not polishing it out completely will more easily hold a film of lube (I prefer beeswax: it doesn't leave your strings black) --kind of like a dimpled golfball creates less resistance than a completely smooth. Sean
