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Title: best nut material? tusq or brass?
Post by: kirky on October 06, 2011, 11:40:35 AM
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;D
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Post by: Mr. Foxen on October 06, 2011, 08:10:58 PM
Long bone or phosphor bronze.
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Post by: RAGER on October 06, 2011, 10:51:49 PM
i prefer spotted owl bone
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Post by: VOLVO))) on October 07, 2011, 12:00:28 AM
Mammoth tusk
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Post by: Instant Dan on October 07, 2011, 10:42:48 AM
Bone is great. On my LP and it rarely goes out of tune.

I have brass on my SG and it's alright.
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Post by: justinhedrick on October 07, 2011, 12:46:25 PM
i have plastic nuts on all my guitars (they might be nylon?). they work well for me.
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Post by: SpaceTrucker on October 07, 2011, 01:50:31 PM
Nickel
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Post by: bass sic on October 07, 2011, 02:08:34 PM
I used graphite for awhile, but truthfully I never can tell the difference.
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Post by: VOLVO))) on October 07, 2011, 02:16:02 PM
Srs, brass, nickel, graphite all my favorites.
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Post by: clockwork green on October 07, 2011, 02:27:07 PM
I have several mammoth tusk nuts...can't really tell the difference from bone but they have a cool story sine they 30,000 years old.
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Post by: James1214 on October 07, 2011, 07:49:57 PM
now if only there was a way to make a nut from baby seal.
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Post by: liquidsmoke on October 07, 2011, 08:41:35 PM
I've had 2 graphite nuts wear down on me and I never played that much when this happened. Now I just use whatever is stock on whatever guitar I'm playing but you have to sometimes get used to the strings binding up a bit while tuning. That could also be cheap tuners not working properly though. I turn the peg, bend the string, repeat.
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Post by: dogfood on October 07, 2011, 10:58:36 PM
I wonder about the corian nuts.  Anybody have a gibby with the corian nut?  durability?
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Post by: VOLVO))) on October 07, 2011, 11:21:12 PM
I put corian nuts on a bunch of shit. Simply because I can rob any color corian from Lowe's sample section.

It's pretty awesome, and polishes beautifully.
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Post by: James1214 on October 08, 2011, 12:26:52 PM
I actually work with Corian almost everyday (I do countertop repair and Corian is a specialty) so if anyone wants a piece to try out and fuck with I can send some your way, work out a small trade or something. 

regarding polishing, at work i do heavy grinding/shaping with 40 grit paper then run a grit progression of 60-80-120-240-280-320 then I switch to micron paper which are 60-30-15 if you don't have access to micron papers (and I suspect most don't) you can go to 400-500-1000 to put shine on it, on darker colors I do my last 3 courses wet.
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Post by: mortlock on October 08, 2011, 12:29:17 PM
human jaw bone..
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Post by: Mr. Foxen on October 08, 2011, 03:18:38 PM
Quote from: mortlock on October 08, 2011, 12:29:17 PM
human jaw bone..

Be rubbish, porous, not dense, need the weight bearing bones. Human jaw is weak.
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Post by: Jake on October 08, 2011, 11:30:16 PM
Bruce Campbell's jawbone.
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Post by: VOLVO))) on October 08, 2011, 11:31:15 PM
I just like nuts.
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Post by: matador_sound on October 11, 2011, 02:28:27 PM
personally, I use a GraphTech BlackTUSQ XL nut on my Warmoth Jaguar bass. I use a drop-D tuner often, and it has really great tuning stability. I'm eventually going to get another one installed cause the one the neck came with was a little too low for my taste, but the material has been great. never goes out of tune, and sounds like a Steinway when I hit open strings.
Title: Re: best nut material? tusq or brass?
Post by: mortlock on October 12, 2011, 02:00:25 AM
Quote from: Mr. Foxen on October 08, 2011, 03:18:38 PM
Quote from: mortlock on October 08, 2011, 12:29:17 PM
human jaw bone..

Be rubbish, porous, not dense, need the weight bearing bones. Human jaw is weak.
i guess it depends on what youre going for..