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Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2005 7:53 am
by rickenbrother
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.
Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2005 10:01 am
by rickfan63
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.
Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2005 3:42 pm
by charlyg
Insert various "nut" jokes here......
Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2005 6:58 am
by david_schwab
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!