Neck Thruss Rod Nut Replacement?

[Platefire]

On the LP Studio I recently got. I changed the strings from .010-.046 to .009-.042 and I was getting a little buzzing on the first four frets. Looking down the neck it is super straight and might have a hair back bow. I decieded I would adjust the neck to back off the tention to try to get a little relief. The nut is kind of a bullet shaped with an internal hex shape for an allen wrench. I tried several allen wrenches and none seemed to fit even though I got metric and American sizes of all kinds. I think the inside hex shape is wallowed out where nothing fits.

The good thing is after I put the strings on, after a couple of days the neck seemed to re-calabrate itself and the buzzing went away and is presently playing very well. So even though the guitar is playing well with the lighter strings, I would like to know the following:

1-With the nut being wallowed out on the inside, how do you get it off for replacement.

2-Once you get it off, where do you get a replacement nut to fit the LP studio?


I would like to get this corrected for future neck adjustments. So I would appreciate help from those with experiance with this. Thanks, Platefire

[G._Hoffman]

For getting it off, there are a couple of ways, but Stew Mac sells THESE, which work pretty well.  Kind of expensive for one time use, though.

They also sell a variety of truss rod nuts, but I doubt any would fit your guitar, which probably requires a metric threaded nut.  If that is the case, I honestly don't know where you are going to find it.  You could try Allparts, but their website search function sucks (Their catalog is better).  If I needed one, I'd probably try to get Gibson to send me one, but it would likely be a challenge.


Gabriel


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[Platefire]

Thanks Gabriel!

 The way I'm reading the info for those wrenches is instead of replacing the nut, you just use the tapered wrench instead. I would prefer to remove it and put a new nut on, but like you say a direct replacement might be hard to find. I thinking the allen that most closely fit was a 4mm. So I guess I could double check that size and just buy that single wrench. Platefire

[G._Hoffman]

Thanks Gabriel!

 The way I'm reading the info for those wrenches is instead of replacing the nut, you just use the tapered wrench instead. I would prefer to remove it and put a new nut on, but like you say a direct replacement might be hard to find. I thinking the allen that most closely fit was a 4mm. So I guess I could double check that size and just buy that single wrench. Platefire

Well, yes, but when you have it off you might want to check the thread on it.  If it turns out to be a 10-32, well, those are easy to find.


Gabriel