A new nut
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Quencho092
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Re: A new nut
unless you play in open position a whole lot, or you want a better adjusted nut, a new nut would not be recommended. When you fret a note, the fret becomes the nut so to speak, and the nut has almost no impact on the tone of the note. A good set of bridge saddles would improve tone better, IMO, and would be much easier to install.
unless you play in open position a whole lot, or you want a better adjusted nut, a new nut would not be recommended. When you fret a note, the fret becomes the nut so to speak, and the nut has almost no impact on the tone of the note. A good set of bridge saddles would improve tone better, IMO, and would be much easier to install.
tone4days
Heel Whacker
Re: A new nut
this is only a partial explanation of the role played by the nut ...
in a guitar with a trem (non locking), a well-cut nut is needed for proper performance of the trem ... and even in a non-trem guitar, proper bending of strings with your fingers can be inhibited by a string that binds up in the nut
if you think you need a new nut, it is probably one of the least expensive, semi-permanent modifications that you can do ... unless we are talking a vintage axe where a collector would want the original nut, there is no harm in a well done nut job
good luck
t4d
Quencho092 said:
this is only a partial explanation of the role played by the nut ...
in a guitar with a trem (non locking), a well-cut nut is needed for proper performance of the trem ... and even in a non-trem guitar, proper bending of strings with your fingers can be inhibited by a string that binds up in the nut
if you think you need a new nut, it is probably one of the least expensive, semi-permanent modifications that you can do ... unless we are talking a vintage axe where a collector would want the original nut, there is no harm in a well done nut job
good luck
t4d
