What's that white thing on the Bobby Osborne's nut?

**roberto** · Apr-23-2020, 5:40pm

But only on his Fern, not on the 24 Loar.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psMC2B4PA74

**Timbofood** · Apr-23-2020, 5:53pm

I would think it’s a shim. Stop gap measure until he could get a new nut cut.

**ccravens** · Apr-23-2020, 6:07pm

Not touching this one..

**Timbofood** · Apr-23-2020, 6:16pm

Originally Posted by ccravens

Not touching this one..

Why not? A double layer of cigarette paper has been a common “quick fix”.
Color me baffled?

**sgarrity** · Apr-23-2020, 7:12pm

Originally Posted by ccravens

Not touching this one..

**MikeEdgerton** · Apr-23-2020, 7:19pm

Originally Posted by Timbofood

I would think it’s a shim. Stop gap measure until he could get a new nut cut.

Looks like that to me as well. Probably was buzzing.

**allenhopkins** · Apr-23-2020, 10:24pm

Been there, done that (on a banjo, though); li'l piece of 3X5 card, in my case.

**Jess L.** · Apr-24-2020, 2:46am

Agree about some sort of paper shim.

Here's a magnified view of part of a frame from the video, shows one of the strings crossing atop the white shim. Click the pic once or twice to make full-size so you can see it better:

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