No More Nut Files

I think I've seen those before. Could be really cool if you change gauges often.

Two things I wonder about with this design:
  1. The slots appear to be all gauged for the thickest possible string - I would expect the high B and E to move around a bit in the slot?
  2. The screws aren't angled back (even though the wood around it is), so the string would be resting across the length of the head, rather than just breaking over a specific pivot point of the nut. I would think the screws should be angled back toward the tuners so that the string just breaks over the forward part of the head so you get a nice, free vibration of the string.
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Like maybe the base of it needs to be sanded a bit to tilt the nut slightly, then the front face also sanded to put it back in the correct position.
 
I think some peeps are missing the main point of the design:

Adjustable nut slot heights.

(no more "blowing your nut" (huh huh huh) when slotting the nut with files... cutting too deep and ruining it)

The design could be refined; no doubt.
 
I dig the LSR nut, too. I used one on my Warmoth build last year and it was my first experience with them. Super easy to install and set the height.
 
I honestly have never had a problem with nut height. Maybe once on an acoustic.

I have like 30+ guitars. Not saying it isn't an issue, and for the tinkers out there cool. But its a solution for a problem I don't have. And heaven't had...

Small note - as I have been taking an extremely deep dive into the guitar stylings of Mr. Frehley of late, and playing the bejeezus out of my Christine, I have noticed that in true Gibson fashion, my Budokan can hang up on the 3rd string (shocked and surprised!!!). So I approached it from the time honored tradition of using a wound D string pulled through at an angle to "take the edges" off the corners. Smooth as butter, no hang ups now, no files needed.
 
Some guys dig bone, some tusk, some brass, some compensated, some locking nuts, some roller nuts...

If this is your bag, then go forth and dig it.
 
I’ll take an LSR, graphite, or bone nut. Corian isn’t bad either. It’s what’s on my Les Paul and I rounded off the back outside edges of the G and D slots. No more hang ups. Stays in tune great.
 
Nobody's mentioned the biggest problem - you're stuck with a metal nut.
So open strings will be twice as bright as fretted notes.

I can deal with metal on my Floyds for the sake of tuning stability.
But I tried (and quickly gave up on) metal nuts during the brass fad back in the 70s.
 
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