Nut Questions

[PhilKing]

I tend to use Tusq or bone on anything that I am putting together myself.  If I have bought it, then unless it is a really cheap nut I will leave it alone.  If I do change an existing nut it wll be for a Tusq nut usually.  I do have a couple of guitars with Graphtec black nuts and one with the Earvana nut, and one with an old brass nut (there was a craze for brass nuts in the late 70's- early 80's).

[Lew]

so, who's going to argue that the magical tonal properties of bone or whatever extend past a fretted note? I know someone will  :lol:

no lew... you are spot on - but how many open notes are there in the average piece of music you play? ;)

I use a capo on the first fret for everything  :lol:

[gingataff]

so, who's going to argue that the magical tonal properties of bone or whatever extend past a fretted note? I know someone will  :lol:

no lew... you are spot on - but how many open notes are there in the average piece of music you play? ;)

I use a capo on the first fret for everything  :lol:

What's it made of?
 :roll:

[WezV]

shall we talk zero frets - that can split a crowd!!

[Lew]

so, who's going to argue that the magical tonal properties of bone or whatever extend past a fretted note? I know someone will  :lol:

no lew... you are spot on - but how many open notes are there in the average piece of music you play? ;)

I use a capo on the first fret for everything  :lol:

What's it made of?
 :roll:

200 million year old T-Rex bone, blessed by celtic druids

Check your inbox Wez  8)

[MDV]

so, who's going to argue that the magical tonal properties of bone or whatever extend past a fretted note? I know someone will  :lol:

no lew... you are spot on - but how many open notes are there in the average piece of music you play? ;)

I use a capo on the first fret for everything  :lol:

What's it made of?
 :roll:

200 million year old T-Rex bone, blessed by celtic druids

Check your inbox Wez  8)

LIAR!

There we no t-rexes 200 million years ago.

[Lew]

cr@p... I got ripped off  :shock:

 8)

[MDV]

You got cr@ppy allosaurus bone!

HA HA!

It doesnt have the low end transmision of genuine T-Rex.

[Lew]

I had to wiki allosaurus ;P

[Ratrod]

shall we talk zero frets - that can split a crowd!!

+1 for that.

Tried a guitar with a zero fret. Too short to notice any sound difference.


Anyway, currently all my guitars still have the stock nut. I do prefer bone.

[Lew]

I do prefer bone.

Why? :)

[Will]

I had a plastic one changed for a bone nut, I felt the plastic killed the vibration, whereas with the bone it rings true. More percussive almost.
Then I have an early 80s Gibson, I am not sure if its bone or corian, but I like it the most

Addint on to previous post. I think this is TF's terms, but the corian seems to have more note bloom whereas bone just rings out (I hope that makes my explanation clearer)

[Lew]

With respect Will, you didn't hear any of that due to a material change.
I'm not saying you didn't hear a difference - perhaps the new nuts were cut better/different the second time.
But if you think you're hearing a tone difference in fretted notes due to material it's in your head.
You know what Corian is yea? It's fancy plastic and by your own definition it should have 'killed the vibration' but you say it has more 'bloom' than bone.

Unless your saying that you heard all of that in the open notes?

Edit: Re-read what I wrote and I don't mean to sound like a c--khandle...  8)

[Will]

Oh, no! I am on about open strings only, I fully agree with you about the frets and all that. I rarely play the one with bone open anyway, its metal chugging only really.

about corian, well Vs cheap Korean plastic I like it. I'm not sure it is corian anyway, its a complete guess.

I think you are looking at it in the wrong way if you are generalising all plastics tonal attributes.

This thread has really gone downhill since I looked yesterday. I thought it was quite interesting and put a bit of thought into it while at work :lol:

[Lew]

Oh, no! I am on about open strings only, I fully agree with you about the frets and all that. I rarely play the one with bone open anyway, its metal chugging only really.

about corian, well Vs cheap Korean plastic I like it. I'm not sure it is corian anyway, its a complete guess.

I think you are looking at it in the wrong way if you are generalising all plastics tonal attributes.

This thread has really gone downhill since I looked yesterday. I thought it was quite interesting and put a bit of thought into it while at work :lol:

Then I was out of order! Sorry :( !

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