Cutting bridge slots for strings

[antonio_kill]

So I'm getting this for my 05' Les Paul standard. But the slots for the strings to rest in are not pre cut. How do you go about cutting the slots exactly? Is there a special tool? Or can you just use a knife or something?

[Flight959]

For the reason your asking, I would play it safe and get a good tech to do it... .

 

IMO

 

Regards

[AXE®]

This and a 12oz ballpeen hammer and a wound D string.

[callen3615]

If you screw it up you can always buy new saddles.

[max2343]

Let someone else do it. The righrt files alone will cost-ya 50 dollars.

 

Or buy the right files from stew mac and do it your-self.

[callen3615]

Let someone else do it. The righrt files alone will cost-ya 50 dollars.

 

Or buy the right files from stew mac and do it your-self.

 

 

Is that a recommendation or are you just stating his options?

[loneguitar]

if you need to ask, don't do it yourself, hace a good tech do it for you and save yourself alot of headaches

[bobv]

You have to space the strings to the high and low E strings are the right distance from the edge of the fretboard. The rest of the strings need to be proportionally spaced so the plain strings aren't too far apart and the wound ones aren't crowded (they are not just spaced equally center to center). Then the notches have to progress in size according to the string gauge, which is what the nut slot files are for. And the depth of each slot has to follow the fingerboard radius.

 

So, yeah, you should find a tech to do it properly. Not to be harsh, but you did suggest doing it with a knife.