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    I have played guitars with Tusq nuts already installed on them, but I have never had a nut replaced on a guitar. Does anyone have experience replacing their Factory Guitar nut with a Tusq Nut? Is it an improvement?

  • #2
    The preslotted tusq nuts are hollow and don't conduct as well imo. You can get solid slabs but then you have to spend a lot of work shaping it and then it's pretty tough to get right. So if you already have a decent nut in there, I would say stick with it. That said, tusq is my favorite nut material for bright/general playing, corian for a warmer sound. (The 2 materials that warmoth offers in their necks.)

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    • #3
      I've replaced the factory Strat nut with TUSQ and it was super easy. Gone were the buzzy open notes, and the open strings had that 'bell' quality back. I am a fan.
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      • #4
        The preslotted Tusq nuts I've used were certainly not hollow. I've sanded and filed them down quite a bit with no issue.

        I prefer Tusq to bone. It is more consistent, sounds better, and is easier to work with.
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        • #5
          It is more consistent, sounds better, and is easier to work with.
          That has certainly not been my experience. I think it's appeal is all marketing. Bone rules. Period. Full stop.

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          • #6
            Sound is subjective, so . . . meh. I don't see how you can argue that bone is more consistent or easier to work with though.
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            Originally posted by Douglas Adams
            This planet has - or rather had - a problem, which was this: most of the people living on it were unhappy for pretty much of the time. Many solutions were suggested for this problem, but most of these were largely concerned with the movements of small green pieces of paper, which is odd because on the whole it wasn't the small green pieces of paper that were unhappy.

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            • #7
              Originally posted by GuitarStv View Post
              The preslotted Tusq nuts I've used were certainly not hollow.
              That's good to know.

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              • #8
                Originally posted by ICTGoober View Post
                Bone rules.
                Bone is the worst piece of kit I have EVER used.

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                • #9
                  I’ve got the Tusq XL on 2 guitars and couldn’t be happier. I bought the pre-slotted but had my local shop install it.
                  I’d recommend them to anyone.
                  I swapped the bridge saddles in my LP with tusq too.

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by GuitarStv View Post
                    The preslotted Tusq nuts I've used were certainly not hollow. I've sanded and filed them down quite a bit with no issue.

                    I prefer Tusq to bone. It is more consistent, sounds better, and is easier to work with.
                    I don't know that I prefer Tusq to bone or ivory but I like the way my guitars with Tusq bridges and nuts sound. My Tusq nuts were not hollow. I don't think that you could go wrong with Tusq. If you get the slotted version you'll still need a set of nut files to do the final tweak of the string slots but most of the work will have already been started for you.
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                    • #11
                      There's a difference between Tusq and TusqXL
                      one has graphite, according to the literature

                      I believe they are an industrial material called PPS
                      I bought the PPS from China after seeing it listed on a Dean guitar I bought

                      The PPS from China has the same glass like ring when dropped on a table
                      In the research I did it is self lubricating like nylon
                      The material has all the physical properties attributed to Tusq

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                      • #12
                        The XL version is the one I have the most experience with, and certainly recommend.
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                        • #13
                          The maker of Tusc - Graphtech - also makes a variety of nut material known as NuBone. It comes as standard equipment on many Alvarez guitars and a few other brands. It's available in blanks, too. It's a creamy tan color, and works exactly like bone. It even smells like bone when you hit it on the sander. I find it works much easier than Tusc. If I didn't have bone blanks running out my ears, I would stock some to use at a clients request or on my own projects.
                          Last edited by Chris Pile; 11-08-2020, 10:52 AM.
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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by ICTGoober View Post
                            The maker of Tusc - Graphtech - also makes a variety of nut material known as NuBone. It comes as standard equipment on many Alvarez guitars and a few other brands. It's available in blanks, too. It's a creamy tan color, and works exactly like bone. It even smells like bone when you hit it on the sander. I find it works much easier than Tusc. If I didn't have bone blanks running out my ears, I would stock some to use clients request or on my own projects.
                            Does NuBone have the same self-lubricating quality as TusQ? Or is it more akin to real bone?
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                            • #15
                              In my experience, it's very much like bone.
                              aka Chris Pile, formerly of Six String Fever

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