Swung by the good local shop today (Guitar Attention Center, if you’re ever in Springfield, Ohio), and picked up a Tusq nut for my Strat. Ordered the trees. Gonna be a well-graphite impregnated machine when I’m through.
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Tusq is just an organic plastic. It has no "lubricating" properties beyond your typical cheap nut.
Tusq XL is the one that is inherently "lubricated" with PTFE, commonly known by one brand name for it, Teflon.
Graphite is not used in any type of Tusq.Originally posted by LesStratYogi Berra was correct.Originally posted by JOLLYI do a few chord things, some crappy lead stuff, and then some rhythm stuff.
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Originally posted by Clint 55 View PostGraph tech is my fav nut material.Originally posted by LesStratYogi Berra was correct.Originally posted by JOLLYI do a few chord things, some crappy lead stuff, and then some rhythm stuff.
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GraphTech also offers a material sold as NuBone in nuts and saddles. It is creamy in color, and shapes and cuts just like bone. It even smells like bone when sanded.aka Chris Pile, formerly of Six String Fever
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I think the Tusqxl material is PPS
If you look it up it has the same material attributes as described to Tusq
And the peices I have ordered have the glassy "ting" when dropped on a table just like the Tusq branded material
My PPS nuts are about $2 each
Come sized and pre slotted
Also my Dean Shire came with a PPS nut installedEHD
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Originally posted by ItsaBass View PostGraphtech is the name of a company, not the name of a material. The Graphtech company makes the Tusq line, none of which actually contain graphite.The things that you wanted
I bought them for you
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Originally posted by ehdwuld View PostI think the Tusqxl material is PPS
If you look it up it has the same material attributes as described to Tusq
And the peices I have ordered have the glassy "ting" when dropped on a table just like the Tusq branded material
My PPS nuts are about $2 each
Come sized and pre slotted
Also my Dean Shire came with a PPS nut installed
I would very much prefer some blanks over the pre-formed Tusq-Chris
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Tusq is impregnated with a metallic substance. I used to know the name of the stuff. It was originally designed to be wear resistant and help with string breakage, and then it was discovered to have a self lubricating property.
It’s more of a ceramic than a plastic, which is why it pings when you drop it.
It’s great stuff. I use it on all my builds.
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