Nut Height

Ideally, the nut slot height is identical to any other fret But remember that strings can 'saw' themselves through a nut just through normal use I

The art part of it is the nut needs to be at the right height so that the slot sits proud of the first fret The balance is the physical height

nut slot depth 021” when initially shaping the nut by measuring the first fret height, adding 021” to that, and stacking flexible feeler gauges up to that

nuts and bolts slot There's a good chance that most builders deliberately target cutting the nut slots just above the fret height solely because