Nut Height

What you want to achieve is a nut slot depth that will allow the string to poroperly clear the frets when playing the string open (not buzzing

Nut Height Gauge - XYyY3y Nut Files

nut slot height So then the nut becomes the lowest angle But each fret along that line only needs to clear the fret above it So if all the frets are the same

nut slot files height adjusted correctly) to cut it down It's very possible for a very well cut nut slot to not be measurable with a feeler gauge