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Very nice Chris - that's the ticket!

Now you get to experience the ripping, tearing noise that comes from your brand new, just finished guitar when you climb on top of it and use this saw....

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I have a key hole saw from Stew Mac that is a round wooden handle with a jig saw blade in it. Easy DIY tool but when i was ordering a bunch of stuff, god probably well over ten years now, the extra 5 bucks or what ever it was for the tool was worth it. Still use it all the time. It's perfect width for the first two strings and you have to cut in on the sides for the thicker ones. I always finish off with needle files.

As for nuts, I think a square bottom is better. My minimal knowledge of physics tells me that there is less friction.