Malchik Posted November 28, 2011 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?
Riffster Posted November 28, 2011 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.
damian Posted November 28, 2011 Posted November 28, 2011 Tusq XLs..........the way to go.........(IMHO).....
Lungimsam Posted November 28, 2011 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?
Guest farnsbarns Posted November 28, 2011 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.
retrosurfer1959 Posted November 28, 2011 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.
Thundergod Posted November 29, 2011 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.
Thundergod Posted November 29, 2011 Posted November 29, 2011 This is a bone nut I made for a friend's guitar:
damian Posted November 30, 2011 Posted November 30, 2011 The black Tusq nuts are "self-lubricating", not the white ones. XLs
retrosurfer1959 Posted November 30, 2011 Posted November 30, 2011 Black or White TUSQ is still a plastic man made material.
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