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![I put a thicker low string (80 gauge from a 74) on my guitar but the string doesn't rest all the way in the groove in the nut. It rests in the I put a thicker low string (80 gauge from a 74) on my guitar but the string doesn't rest all the way in the groove in the nut. It rests in the](https://i.redd.it/z2ift7jelpf71.jpg)
I put a thicker low string (80 gauge from a 74) on my guitar but the string doesn't rest all the way in the groove in the nut. It rests in the
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Can a nut be cut too deep? I thought that the strings were supposed to be half-inside-slot and half-outside? : r/Luthier
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![My low e string doesnt sit deeply in the hole of the nut of my strat. Is it normal or should the hole be much deeper that it sits better like the My low e string doesnt sit deeply in the hole of the nut of my strat. Is it normal or should the hole be much deeper that it sits better like the](https://preview.redd.it/my-low-e-string-doesnt-sit-deeply-in-the-hole-of-the-nut-of-v0-bf484xxg3qfb1.jpg?auto=webp&s=8d029059223e514cd7396daa78d449785caf962d)
My low e string doesnt sit deeply in the hole of the nut of my strat. Is it normal or should the hole be much deeper that it sits better like the
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