Malchik Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 I just had a new Tusq nut installed on my cheap SG, and I can really hear the improvement. A bone nut really does brighten up your guitar. I took the guitar to a local shop and the guy, after a few days, installed a new nut for ten bucks. The workmanship itself looks a little rough, but it's intonated properly, so I don't care. Maybe I'll have a genuine bone or mammoth ivory nut carved for my more expensive Gibsons. Can I assume vintage Gibson nuts were bone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riffster Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 I just had a new Tusq nut installed on my cheap SG, and I can really hear the improvement. A bone nut really does brighten up your guitar. I took the guitar to a local shop and the guy, after a few days, installed a new nut for ten bucks. The workmanship itself looks a little rough, but it's intonated properly, so I don't care. Maybe I'll have a genuine bone or mammoth ivory nut carved for my more expensive Gibsons. Can I assume vintage Gibson nuts were bone? A nut installation for $10? holy molly! that is cheap. 50's Gibsons had nylon nuts. Bone is good stuff as long as it is selected well, bone varies in density and can make a guitar ring unevenly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dem00n Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 $10...? Did he do good work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damian Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 Tusq XLs..........the way to go.........(IMHO)..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lungimsam Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 Doesn't it only improve tone of the string when sounded open. The fretted notes are pressed against metal frets. So there are only 4 notes to improve by replacing the nut? Is that correct? Or does it effect the sound of all the notes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest farnsbarns Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 Doesn't it only improve tone of the string when sounded open. The fretted notes are pressed against metal frets. So there are only 4 notes to improve by replacing the nut? Is that correct? Or does it effect the sound of all the notes? String vibrations are imparted to the neck via the fret, the nut and the tuner. They are imparted to the body via the bridge and the tail piece. The nut plays as important a role in this as any other part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrosurfer1959 Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 Sorry to break the news but TUSQ isn't bone. It's a man made material so it is still plastic or almost a Corian type of material. It's self lubricating so it's an improvement but it still isn't bone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundergod Posted November 29, 2011 Share Posted November 29, 2011 Sorry to break the news but TUSQ isn't bone. It's a man made material so it is still plastic or almost a Corian type of material. It's self lubricating so it's an improvement but it still isn't bone. This. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundergod Posted November 29, 2011 Share Posted November 29, 2011 This is a bone nut I made for a friend's guitar: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcmurray Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 ^ Nice work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damian Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 The black Tusq nuts are "self-lubricating", not the white ones. XLs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrosurfer1959 Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 Black or White TUSQ is still a plastic man made material. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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