Lord Summerisle Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 I have a Yamaha Pacifica which had a very nasty third string buzz. Played around with the neck relief. No dice. I guessed it must be the nut. The nut is of the cheap, black, plastic variety. It's the one corner Yamaha always cuts that spoils the Pacifica, imho. I watched this highly instructional video, in which the inimitable Ben Crowe of Crimson Guitars does creative and brilliant things with superglue and bone dust: https://youtu.be/E3LFY7jNv0A Then I reached for the superglue, extracted the lead from a #2 pencil, ground it up with a clean rasp to make a little pile of graphite powder, and fixed the G string slot. Hey Presto, no buzz. The Pacifica is going to undergo some extensive mods in the next few weeks, so maybe a Graph Tech black TUSQ XL nut is in its future. But for now...well, I discovered there's a lot of satisfaction to be found in making a guitar playable for the princely sum of a sacrificed pencil and a dab of superglue! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobouz Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 Yes, I keep extra pieces of bone & rosewood around for filing, and have rebuilt nuts & archtop bridges this way many times. Just have to go very easy on the superglue so that it doesn't overflow the repair area! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L5Larry Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 Glad it worked out for you! I've been using the Super Glue/Baking Soda trick for years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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