Height of strings at first fret

Nut Height nut slot height The general idea of the Nut Slot Height feature is to be able to project a perfectly straight line from the nut, directly to the top of the second fret - nut slot files Weird? What's weird about it? The height of the top of the nut really has no bearing on anything except aesthetics

nut slot height The quick and sloppy method is to jam a piece of matchbook cover or teflon tape under the string in the nut slot Theoretically this raises the