then get some needlenose vise grips and set it to where it grips but doesnt crush. Just don’t attempt this … Don't remove a Fender nut this way. Many nuts are very easy to remove. You'll need a small chisel or file to get the old glued-in nut pieces out of the channel. Then use some needle files to clean up the slot. Using a block of wood to distribute the impact, a small tap of the hammer will pop them loose if they sit with only one side against wood (the fingerboard). These are among the easiest to remove. A note on Fender-style nuts. If you do decide to do it, before you try tapping the old one out, take an X-acto knife and score around the edges of the nut. And you might need to remove some glue residue from the slot but, your nut’s out. However, it is a different story when the nut sits in a channel. Loosen the tension of each string with the tuning keys and unwind each string from its tuning post. Unless it's vintage, you can't positively tell the bottom shape of a Fender slot without removing the nut. If it is the factory nut, it is probably just glued in with white glue. You know the one—it’s adjustment nut is hidden away beneath a wooden (walnut) dowel and you … If the nut’s stubborn and doesn't come out easily, take it to a repair shop. Now, this applies to any truss rod that uses a hex-socket for adjustment but especially—really super especially to those guitars with the Fender Bi-Flex truss rod. The nut on your Fender Jazz bass is even easier to replace than the strings. this may or may not work. Whenever I talk about adjusting Fender guitar truss rods, I try to emphasise the importance of the correct size allen wrench. Check the article on Safely Removing a Fender Nut. Typical Fender and Gibson style nuts sit in a square u-shaped slot requiring a little more care and patience in removal. This is tricky business that can even result in breaking off the end of the fretboard. Remove all the guitar strings so you can access the guitar nut. start at the low e area and try to lift straight up. lightly tap the nut downward with a hammer to try to break any glue joint that may be there. Not that difficult, just need to be careful. Again, I’ll stress carefully — it’s easy to chip things. and dont hit yourself in the face. The nut placement varies too: On Taylor and Gibson instruments, for example, the truss rod nut is typically located at the headstock, under a plastic or wood cover. If a player ever switches to lighter gauge strings, the nut has to be replaced, so this part of the job is easy "everyday" guitar owner stuff. Caution when you remove the old nut, if you whack it like some videos show you'll bust off the headstock side of the fretboard in chunks (save the pieces to glue back on). Removing A Guitar Nut. Pull out each bridge pin that holds the strings to the bridge at the bottom of the guitar with needle-nose pliers and pull each string out. The nut on a Fender Jazz bass, or any bass, is one of the most basic parts. first put a few layers of tape on either side of the nut so you dont mess up the guitar around it. Don’t do this. Once in a while, guitarists and bassists are bound to experience the annoyance of a loose instrument jack. These have support from the peghead and fingerboard. The same principals apply in protecting the finish as above. Some Fender guitars have a “bullet” truss rod nut at the headstock; these are not recessed and can be removed without surgery. If not, you can potentially remove some of the neck finish when you remove the nut. Many other types of guitars, acoustic and electric, North American and offshore, have nuts … The old nut has to be removed. You know, you go to plug the instrument cable into your guitar or bass, only to find that the nut has loosened and the output jack is wobbling around all over the place (and by the way, it is an output jack, technically; not an input jack).