moonoid Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Hello there, I have a 70s Rickenbacker copy, a Hondo II, which has been fine until recently. I noticed that the A string was popping out of the nut on the odd occasion and now it won't stay in at all. I had a look at the white plastic nut and the grooves look OK. Mind you the whole nut "moves"! And I was able to take it out of its slot on the neck. The other three strings are fine. Any ideas? Is it something I can fix myself?? Thanks Eddie[attachment=98022:Hondo II Rickenbacker Copy.JPG] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Have you changed the A string lately? Is there a decent break angle over the nut (is the string wound far enough down the tuner)? How hard do you play? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icastle Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Well if the nut is able to move about then that's likely to be where your problem is. Slacken the strings off so the nut is free and use a couple of drops of superglue to glue it back into it's correct position. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mentalextra Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 Well thats weird. I had a Hondo rick copy back in the 70s when I was a kid. It used to do exactly the same thing. Once it popped it was never right again. It was still like it when I sold it back then. Good guitar for the money too if I remember correctly. Good luck with it, I wish I still had mine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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