Jimi Mac Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 I am a little doubtful of a brass nut of any kind. I mean why? And if you're seeing little dust flakes every time you play, you know that is material coming off that will quickly add up to a lot of missing material from the nut. Well, I can see some of the intention behind it. The bridge saddles can be made of brass on higher end replacement bridges, the stop-bars are certainly metal whether Aluminum, Nickel, or some alloy amalgum, so why not the nut? I can see it allowing for some potentially more resonance and possibly sustain, I can see some circles believing it will create a more stable/solidified actual scale length of the neck for rock-steady intonation and tuning... Seemingly; that wasn't achieved on their first manufacturing runs... Innovation in of itself isn't a bad thing. I would hope their R&D testing didn't allow them to rush something into production that was a dud. But I also see the point brought up previously that there could well be a factory manufacturing dynamic that wasn't accounted-for in the testing that was unexpected. The actual testing prototypes may not have had this issue but the factory manufactured product might have... I can see that. All in all I suspect it was a good idea, especially on paper. This is clearly something they are addressing if they have a new finish and manufacturing method on the replacements. I think they're working to alleviate the problems found. I also think the tuning issues and the pops and pings experience by now multiple feedback are not something that we should have to contend-with as consumers. It makes it appear as if the new nut style is no improvement over anything if that is the result... Having said that I think it's a little early in the game to condemn them yet. If it because a massive boondoggle/debacle for Gibson, we'll hear about it and I suspect we would have heard alot more on it already. I think they have proactively met the issue head-on and I'm hoping their fix is a more permanent one that allows some real-world situational mileage before these parts wear-out or develope issues of wear... It does seem to me that brass is simply too soft a material to rely upon when ti is not as soft/pliable/flexible as bone, Corain, or Tusq. It makes me rethink the merits of brass bridge saddles for sure unless it's a roller bridge of high quality in both build/machining and metallurgy standards... Brass may just be too soft and wear too quickly especially for steel strings even if the outer winding is Nickel, Bronze, Cobalt or what-have-you... I guess I won't be replacing my bridges any time soon with brass saddled replacements... I am curious and interested to see where this goes and what a more long-term feedback and outcome is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badbluesplayer Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 Any time you engineer anything metal and then, under normal use, there are metal shavings being produced, you have a design failure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshall Paul Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 Exactly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Farnsbarns Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 Any time you engineer anything metal and then, under normal use, there are metal shavings being produced, you have a design failure. Unless you designed a file! Joking aside, this is a good point, well made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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