Members joegrant413 Posted June 25, 2006 Members Share Posted June 25, 2006 Last week I bought my 11 year old son a BC Rich Warlock for abour $170 at Guitar Center. Wasn't my first choice for him, but he really like it's looks. What can I say? Anyway, today I got around to putting new strings on it. All of the strings except the first were taken off, and the plastic nut comes off and flies across the run. I put the nut back on and finished the stringing. I know it's not glued or fastened, but it seems like it's fairly stable in there. So... should I return the guitar? Should I have them just fix it (I'm assuming the nut isn't supposed to fly across the room!), or should I insist on another guitar? BTW, it would be tough to tell my kid that he couldn't get a guitar that looks like this. Later, -- Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PolyFmorf Posted June 25, 2006 Members Share Posted June 25, 2006 If there is nothing else wrong with the guitar I would put it on with some Elmer's glue and clamp it over night. Saves the trouble of returning it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members InfamousCAP Posted June 25, 2006 Members Share Posted June 25, 2006 I bought and returned about 4 of the same Squier Strats before I found one I liked 100%. I say return it for a new one. I've exchanged for less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members firesdoom Posted June 25, 2006 Members Share Posted June 25, 2006 The Yamaha I assembled has folded up paper under the nut so it sits at the right height. Use a little bit of glue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members keNz Posted June 25, 2006 Members Share Posted June 25, 2006 If it plays fine, then keep it and fix it as other posters have advised. Going back to Guitar Center to exchange a guitar with a small problem is like exchanging a winning lottery ticket because you wanted to win more. Except without winning anything either time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bigconig Posted June 25, 2006 Members Share Posted June 25, 2006 Your nut flew across the room. . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mc5nrg Posted June 25, 2006 Members Share Posted June 25, 2006 I'd go with glue it- just make sure the nut has firmly set where you want it before you restring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members k4df4l Posted June 25, 2006 Members Share Posted June 25, 2006 I would give it the once over and if there are no issues, just drop two small dots of elmers on it and either clamp or restring depening on if string tension it keeps the nut in flush. as far as not agreeing with your son's taste....would you really expect to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members keNz Posted June 25, 2006 Members Share Posted June 25, 2006 Originally posted by k4df4l as far as not agreeing with your son's taste....would you really expect to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members axegrinder Posted June 25, 2006 Members Share Posted June 25, 2006 Originally posted by k4df4l I would give it the once over and if there are no issues, just drop two small dots of elmers on it and either clamp or restring depening on if string tension it keeps the nut in flush.as far as not agreeing with your son's taste....would you really expect to? +1 Glue it and string it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Stinkfoot Posted June 25, 2006 Members Share Posted June 25, 2006 Man I really hate guitar center. Good luck with your nut, and your kid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members davis1 Posted June 25, 2006 Members Share Posted June 25, 2006 From my experiences, gluing on a nut is NOT necassary. All of my guitars have unglued nuts, they're held in place by the tension of the strings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members natasmi Posted June 25, 2006 Members Share Posted June 25, 2006 Hell, I've seen guitars hanging on the wall at guitar center with no nut at all. Coulda been worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members joegrant413 Posted June 25, 2006 Author Members Share Posted June 25, 2006 Originally posted by bigconig Your nut flew across the room. . . Yeah, and on a Saturday afternoon with the family too. Based on what you folks have to say, I'm going to do indulge my lazy instincts and keep the guitar as is. Right now, it seems to be holding in place pretty well. For the next re-stringing, I'll get some Elmer's to make the nut stays where it's supposed to. Thanks! -- Joe The only other thing that bugs me about the whole thing is whether or not you can do expect GC to do a reasonable set-up by a tech on the guitars they sell. As you can guess, none was done on this Warlock last week, nor on the American Strat I bought 6 years ago. (However, my Strat has always been in great shape.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Richard Guy Posted June 25, 2006 Members Share Posted June 25, 2006 Joe, Have a damp wash cloth handy to wipe off any excesss from the Elmers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SteinbergerHack Posted June 25, 2006 Members Share Posted June 25, 2006 Originally posted by joegrant413 The only other thing that bugs me about the whole thing is whether or not you can do expect GC to do a reasonable set-up by a tech on the guitars they sell. As you can guess, none was done on this Warlock last week, nor on the American Strat I bought 6 years ago. (However, my Strat has always been in great shape.) GC does not do ANY setup work an ANY guitars - this is apparently by design. This would raise both their base and marginal costs, and since most of their purchasers don't know the first thing about a properly set up guitar, they would be wasting money. [The vast majority of their guitar sales are to beginners or hackers who never seriously pursue the instrument.] If you want a properly set up guitar, buy it from a good local dealer with a good tech. If you don't mind doing the setup work yourself, you can pay a bit less at GC. If you don't know the difference, then you can start posting on HC about how great your Agile is, and why nobody should EVER pay more than $500 for any guitar..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members joegrant413 Posted June 25, 2006 Author Members Share Posted June 25, 2006 Originally posted by SteinbergerHack ... If you don't mind doing the setup work yourself, you can pay a bit less at GC. If you don't know the difference, then you can start posting on HC about how great your Agile is, and why nobody should EVER pay more than $500 for any guitar..... I've had later setup work done both on my Strat and my Agile. With the Strat, I also had the tremolo blocked since I've rarely used it. And, yeah, I *am* pretty happy with my Agile! But I'm more a single-coil Strat guy. -- Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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