MusicNomad MN650 Diamond Coated Guitar Nut Slotting File - .010”

These work great.

Pricey but great tool. Needed to lower my low B on my bass. Perfect!

A good quality easy to use product - recommended!

Don't waste your money on cheap nut files, and certainly not on the fake nut files that are really welding torch tip cleaners. Yup I tried the cheap stuff and had to do the superglue and baking soda trick to fill and start over. :[ These work well and easily. Like anyone who's tried them, you've got go just a bit at a time. These cut quickly in bone or composites. The results are so worth it.

As advertised. Great quality. Accurate sizing.

Being a beginner/intermediate uke player, my uke collection grows every year as I explore different tunings, sizes, and brands. Unless you hit the uke jackpot, most new ukes require setup to adjust the action of the strings to suit the player, otherwise the uke can be frustrating to play, especially at the lower frets. My preference is to set the string height, in freedom units, between 5/64 to 6/64” at the 12th fret and between 2.5/64” to 3.5/64” at the first fret, making the uke comfortable to play without risk of buzzing. There are many good videos on YouTube that provide guidance on how to lower the action of the strings so don’t be afraid to tackle this job. In the event of an epic failure … replacement nuts are cheap and you've chocked up yet another learning experience in life. Anyways, if you find the action at the 1st fret still too high after sanding the saddle to dial in the height at the 12th fret, the next step is to carefully file the slots in the nut at a slight angle down towards the headstock, taking frequent measurements with a string height gauge. For this task I recommend MusicNomad’s diamond coated files. Sure, there are cheaper options available but nothing is more frustrating than buying cheap low-quality tools that make the task at hand more arduous than necessary. I bought three MusicNomad files (0.024”, 0.028”, and 0.036”) and these were sufficient to file the nut slots on my concert and tenor ukes. The diamond coating makes it really easy to cut through bone fret nuts. If necessary, the file can easily be removed from the yellow plastic handle by flicking off the handle’s end cap and sliding the file out of the handle. And yes, the file’s size is laser-etched on the file so you always know what size it is. In the end, it takes me about a 1/2 hour to file the four slots in a bone uke nut, with most of that time spent measuring string height, tuning the uke, playing tunes to test the action, and of course, enjoying a good beer. Kudos to MusicNomad for their quality products!

These are without a doubt the best nut files. They're just so damn expensive and I can't decide if they're worth the money. If you're cutting a fresh nut, they probably are. If you just need to make a little adjustment because your cowboy chords are going out of tune, you're probably better off with a set of filing wires. I'll probably slowly build up a collection of these over time as I get more into doing my own maintenance and set ups, but these are definitely not necessary for simple small adjustments. If anything you'll take away too much material on accident.

I should have taken the plunge sooner. These worked great, are easy and handy to use, like most Music Nomad products. Someone else reviewed and complained that there is no organizational container with the 6 piece set. That is not true, as the set I ordered came with a case -- the case allowed 6 files to sort of swim around inside it freely, but it definitely fit all 6 files and had room for more. People should check the file set sizings relative to their preferred string set gauges before buying. The set does not come with a file appropriate to 8 or 9 gauge strings, according to the MN recommendations of file sizings to string gauges. 36 was a missing sizing in the set, for me.

De très bonne qualité

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I have tried three different nut files and these are the best. Easy to use but go slow as they cut very effectively.

Herramientas de calidad y con medidas de presicion vale la pena por el precio

hosco製の3本セットのナットファイルを使っていましたが、全体的に精度が良くなく特に3弦が全然ダメだったのでこちらのナットファイルを買ってみました。 結果的に大正解で、精度が非常に良く取っ手の部分が外せるので細かい調整もやりやすいです。 必要なゲージをこのセットで揃えていこうかなと思いました。