Custom HotRod Strat Build.

[Simon Barden]

Are you 100% sure that the nut isn't sitting too low and that they aren't catching on the 1st fret?

Also, is the string post bar sitting low enough that the strings are pulled down onto the rear edge of the nut? You should be able to take all the clamp bits off the nut and the guitar should play like a normal guitar without them. Get that bar set up correctly and the clamps have a much easier time of just holding the strings in place.

[DrNomis_44]

Are you 100% sure that the nut isn't sitting too low and that they aren't catching on the 1st fret?

Also, is the string post bar sitting low enough that the strings are pulled down onto the rear edge of the nut? You should be able to take all the clamp bits off the nut and the guitar should play like a normal guitar without them. Get that bar set up correctly and the clamps have a much easier time of just holding the strings in place.

Yep, the sitar-buzzing is not caused by the nut sitting too low, what seems to be happening is that the strings are vibrating against the sides of the V-Notch string guides (I know this because the sitar-buzzing seems to get worse when I shift the strings from side to side, it gets worse when I shift the strings closer to one side of the V-Notches and shifting the string to the other side of the V-Notch reduces the sitar-buzzing but doesn't eliminate it completely), I've got the string-bar set correctly behind the nut too, I might see if I can post a hand-drawn diagram so you can see what I think is causing the sitar buzzing, it's definitely not the 1st fret that's doing it because I've tried putting shims under the locking nut so that there's at least .020 inch clearance between the top of the fret and the bottom of the string, and I still got sitar-buzzing on some of the strings (the D,G,B, and high E string were the ones that had sitar-buzzing with the D,G, and B strings being the worst offenders).