Andrews tla

Dang it. Was hoping this beast would be making noise today.

Email sent. I might rip the plastic nut out of the st and use that to line everything up. Got a bone nut on the way for that anyway.

yeah the strings will slide off the frets being basically over the bevels. You could play slide guitar on it !
Only other way to get noise today is to rip a F type nut out of another build while you wait for another bone nut

What kind of sorcery do our eastern brothers use to glue in the f type nuts. I've got a spare neck to use as a scratch build neck, tried everything I could to get it out and totally lunched it. Still haven't got it out but it's totally wrecked.

On recommendation from DB - superglue

Hmm, that's a bugger Andrew ... I always "do my nut" (badoom-tish! :D) and they've never failed to come out quite easily with a good sharp rap from a mallet (onto a drift) ... maybe the "eastern brother" (I like that! :) that installed yours thought he was being conscientious by giving it an extra good lathering with glue

bugger, even worse Andrew I've had a small chunk of the front of the fingerboard rip out when I tried to remove a F type nut so be careful. I ended up getting it out with the adjustable wrench pliers. Try knocking the side with a plastic or rubber mallet, trying not to hit the fingerboard

Yeah guys did all that and no dice. I'm sure they use superbly, then they super glue the super glue, then super glue in the nut.

But I took the nut of the st and using that. So far necks on, bridge is on, string through and ferrules are done, neck work is done. Now I have to dremel out the bridge pup cavity to fit the base of the new pup, wiring, screw the plate down and try play an open e.

yeah bummer mate, the G type nuts are so much easier to remove one blow with a plastic hammer as there's no channel they are sitting in. Looks like your neck had far too much superglue in it.
Remember not to glue the new nut till you have strung it up and tested string heights etc