Falloffthebonetone
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For those who have experience with them, what do you think of them?
Brass nuts
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LReese
Sausage Gravy
Re: Brass nuts
Solder sticks to them just dandy!
Sorry - couldn't resist. I made one in my teenage years (My destructive years) with a needle file set. No feelings positive or negative.
What's wrong with Bone? Supposed to be harder than brass. You could even go with stainless, like one of this forum;s members had made.
Solder sticks to them just dandy!
Sorry - couldn't resist. I made one in my teenage years (My destructive years) with a needle file set. No feelings positive or negative.
What's wrong with Bone? Supposed to be harder than brass. You could even go with stainless, like one of this forum;s members had made.
dystrust
Well-known member
Re: Brass nuts
Bone is pretty hard, but brass has to be harder based on how much more difficult it is to cut. Regarding use as a nut material, I don't like it on guitars but it's great on fretted basses. Longcat's Spector has a brass nut and open strings really do sound identical to fretted ones.
Bone is pretty hard, but brass has to be harder based on how much more difficult it is to cut. Regarding use as a nut material, I don't like it on guitars but it's great on fretted basses. Longcat's Spector has a brass nut and open strings really do sound identical to fretted ones.
Falloffthebonetone
New member
Re: Brass nuts
Bone being harder for brass would be news to me. I gotta check that out.
Bone being harder for brass would be news to me. I gotta check that out.
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Funkfingers
Guest
Re: Brass nuts
+1
I have a brass nut on my 78/79 factory fretless P. I suspect that the brass has possibly smoothed things out too much. I might be better off with bone or synthetic ivory.
+1
I have a brass nut on my 78/79 factory fretless P. I suspect that the brass has possibly smoothed things out too much. I might be better off with bone or synthetic ivory.
Bass_Medic_05
Purveyor of Low End
Re: Brass nuts
I think I played a bass that had a brass nut, but it was so long ago I can't remember if I liked it either way lol, I guess thats the price of getting older!
I think I played a bass that had a brass nut, but it was so long ago I can't remember if I liked it either way lol, I guess thats the price of getting older!
marcboomer
Bass Player @ Seymour Duncan
Re: Brass nuts
I'm surprised no one took that as a "strraight line"...
I'm surprised no one took that as a "strraight line"...
BlueTalon
New member
Re: Brass nuts
I have never had a problem with my strings having a different timbre open rather than fretted, regardless of nut material. I was tempted to put a brass nut on my Rickenbacker way back when, 'cause brass nuts were all the rage in the late-70s-early-80s. But I'm glad I didn't. I don't think it would have helped the sound at all, and it would have made my black Ric a little goofy looking.
I do find it interesting that many people had brass nuts put on their basses back in the day, and yet when old basses are being sold on ebay or elsewhere, I never see a brass nut.
I have never had a problem with my strings having a different timbre open rather than fretted, regardless of nut material. I was tempted to put a brass nut on my Rickenbacker way back when, 'cause brass nuts were all the rage in the late-70s-early-80s. But I'm glad I didn't. I don't think it would have helped the sound at all, and it would have made my black Ric a little goofy looking.
I do find it interesting that many people had brass nuts put on their basses back in the day, and yet when old basses are being sold on ebay or elsewhere, I never see a brass nut.
dg27
New member
Re: Brass nuts
I got my '76 P in 1982. I think I had the brass nut put on very soon: It was probably when I had QPs installed.
Good point: I don't think I have ever seen one listed. Maybe these folks are hanging on to those basses. I am certain I will never sell mine.
I got my '76 P in 1982. I think I had the brass nut put on very soon: It was probably when I had QPs installed.
Good point: I don't think I have ever seen one listed. Maybe these folks are hanging on to those basses. I am certain I will never sell mine.
Myaccount876
Amira-Maker
Re: Brass nuts
I'd think it would increase the amount of presence on open notes, but I like my bass tones to be extremely warm. Like a thick wool sweater on a 110F day. Anyone have actual experience with it? I know I made an oak nut for a friend once. It actually sounds good, but it is one of the softer materials compared to bone, but it's still hard enough since it is oak.
I'd think it would increase the amount of presence on open notes, but I like my bass tones to be extremely warm. Like a thick wool sweater on a 110F day. Anyone have actual experience with it? I know I made an oak nut for a friend once. It actually sounds good, but it is one of the softer materials compared to bone, but it's still hard enough since it is oak.
longcat
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Falloffthebonetone
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Myaccount876
Amira-Maker
Re: Brass nuts
I've already been using flats haha. It's a Fender Jazz 24 with the SD AJJ-2 set + active on-board EQ where I cut the mids and treble, boost the lows, and use only the neck pickup. It sits well in whatever mix I have. I wish the EQ would only cut the higher mids and not so much on the lower mids. If there was something simple to just shift the mid range down so I wouldn't really have to cut them out as much.
I've already been using flats haha. It's a Fender Jazz 24 with the SD AJJ-2 set + active on-board EQ where I cut the mids and treble, boost the lows, and use only the neck pickup. It sits well in whatever mix I have. I wish the EQ would only cut the higher mids and not so much on the lower mids. If there was something simple to just shift the mid range down so I wouldn't really have to cut them out as much.
Falloffthebonetone
New member
Re: Brass nuts
Does your amp have high and low mids so you can cut the highs? I do the same sort of thing with my G&L Sb-2. That P style pickup is a force to be reckoned with.
Does your amp have high and low mids so you can cut the highs? I do the same sort of thing with my G&L Sb-2. That P style pickup is a force to be reckoned with.
longcat
New member
Re: Brass nuts
you're looking for EQ with a sweepable midrange. i don't know if the SD one does that, but i know EMG makes a 3-band preamp that does it.
you're looking for EQ with a sweepable midrange. i don't know if the SD one does that, but i know EMG makes a 3-band preamp that does it.
Myaccount876
Amira-Maker
Re: Brass nuts
I can use the 4-band EQ in the mixer I DI the bass into. It just requires more fiddling, but I still think it sounds great for bass. I just find having a more fine-tuned signal before the EQ makes things easier.
I can use the 4-band EQ in the mixer I DI the bass into. It just requires more fiddling, but I still think it sounds great for bass. I just find having a more fine-tuned signal before the EQ makes things easier.
