Brass Nut or Not?

rickenbrother · Post by **rickenbrother** » Sat Jul 09, 2005 7:53 am

I don't care for brass nuts. If they are not slotted perfectly or the string just doesn't fit right, it can sometimes be a pain tuning the strings because they can get hung up in the slot. My preference for a replacement nut (if I had to) would be bone or even better, graphite.

rickfan63 · Post by **rickfan63** » Sat Jul 09, 2005 10:01 am

Graphite nuts work very well to keep the strings from getting hung up like that. That would be the best material to use for a replacement. I agree totally.

charlyg · Post by **charlyg** » Sat Jul 09, 2005 3:42 pm

Insert various "nut" jokes here......

david_schwab · Post by **david_schwab** » Fri Jul 15, 2005 6:58 am

I have zero frets on the basses I built. I like zero frets.

On my Ricks I had fitted them with aluminum nuts. I figured the bridge saddles are aluminum, so why not? They sounded fine... can't really say it altered the sound at all, and of course a metal nut will only affect the open string sound.

Looked cool too!