nuts...

[varkunus]

how much difference will different types of nut make to the feel and tone of the guitar. Just wondering really. Ill let you guys answer really

[Twinfan]

Good ones keep it in tune better  ;)

[WezV]

i like it to be a good soild material - the soft plastic that comes on some cheaper guitars is not good

i mostly use unbleached bone - mainly because i prefer the creamy colour to pure white.  If i want it white i use bleched bone or corian, if i want it black i use graphtech.  These are all nice nut materials that make a nice clang when dropped onto a hard surface.. anything that thuds is too soft and will not transfer vibrations well

[WezV]

yeah - what twinfan said.. it needs to be well cut to be good.  stuff like graphtech or delrin is more slippery so helps with trems but bone can be just as good for non trem guitars if its well cut

[Twinfan]

I should have elaborated more  ;)

I have the Tusq ones on a couple of guitars - they're good with me.  But as Wez says, a well cut nut is what you want no matter what the material is.

[varkunus]

so if i buy an rg1570 would it be worth getting the nut swapped anyway? I had it done to my squire, helped tone. And what about stuff like bronze.?

[Zaphod_Beeblebrox65]

so if i buy an rg1570 would it be worth getting the nut swapped anyway? I had it done to my squire, helped tone. And what about stuff like bronze.?

On a locking trem i think the options are more limited and I don't think it would make a huge amount of difference anyway; the materials used in an RG1570 should be good anyway.

[Stevepage]

Don't the nuts on the 1570's have locking nuts? You wouldn't have to change them as it locks the strings, so no friction. I think it really applies for guitars without locking parts IE, Les Pauls, PRS', Fenders etc

[varkunus]

k sorry for my noobness :p  :P so what happens when ur strings go out of tune with a locking nut?

[Stevepage]

If the strings are stretched well and the bridge set up right, the guitar won't go out of tune. If it does however, then making sure all nuts and bolts are tight, bridge angle is level, stretch strings till they don't go out of tune and lubricating the bridges knife edges should do the trick.

[noodleplugerine]

k sorry for my noobness :p  :P so what happens when ur strings go out of tune with a locking nut?

It never will go out of tune.

(or its not supposed to anyway)

[opprobrium_9]

k sorry for my noobness :p  :P so what happens when ur strings go out of tune with a locking nut?

It never will go out of tune.

(or its not supposed to anyway)

 :lol:  :lol:  - it will if you use the trem!

[Philly Q]

k sorry for my noobness :p  :P so what happens when ur strings go out of tune with a locking nut?

It will go out of tune, but - if everything's in good working order - not by very much.  That's when you use the fine tuners on the bridge.

[MDV]

Another vote for graphtec and tusq, but THE most important thing is that its cut well.

A badly cut nut means bad tuning stability and/or bad action and intonation.

[varkunus]

well its got an edge pro II i think, which is supposidly better than the OFRs. So i will get it set up by a pro anyway, to get the action nice and low. Also two further questions. Firstly about this knife edge will it wear out? Secondly i know on my squires strats trem (vintage), that when i push the whammy bar down, the strings actions increases, so if i could pull it up, like on a floyd rose style one, would it decrease? Meaning that if i had really low actions if i used the trem both ways, it would just dud out?