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Whats a good replacement nut for a 150?


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I have a 150 with an original nut (white plastic). The D string slot is cut too low with barely any clearance between the string and the 1st fret resulting in a buzz on the open D. I'm assuming my best option is having a new nut installed. Any recommendations? I was considering bone which I have on two of my other guitars. I've heard of graphite nuts as well but have no experience with them.

 

Thanks in advance.

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I hear these are all the rage.

 

 

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I hear these are all the rage.

 

What are those?

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My dog has those. Thought it was the least I could do to maintain his dignity after that tragic office appointment at the vet where he thought he was going to get tutored.

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I should add that I've had nuts replaced with bone (on guitars) and own one with a brass nut - I believe those were the vogue some years back. Most of my guitars have wound 3rds and the non-plastic seem to be better / easier to tune.

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I should add that I've had nuts replaced with bone (on guitars) and own one with a brass nut - I believe those were the vogue some years back. Most of my guitars have wound 3rds and the non-plastic seem to be better / easier to tune.
Yeah I had a guitar with a brass nut, (There's a joke in there somewhere) It was OK..Just a bit too bright sounding for my taste..If I want a bright guitar, I will play a Tele..
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I hear these are all the rage.

 

 

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Thanks, Maybe when you need help or advise here or elsewhere, you will get a similiar response.

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Thanks for the good advise guys, I guess I'll go with bone.

 

 

You did read my original response, correct? With the link? That should have pointed you in the right direction

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I have bone nuts on a bunch of my guitars. I also have a tusq nut on my Taylor. That is one sweet sounding and tuning guitar. All the bone nuts work great too but were installed by a good tech. The Taylor came from the factory perfect (as usual) . Either Tusq or bone if installed correctly is going to improve your sustain a bit but more importantly should give you a guitar that stays in tune better.

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Thanks, Maybe when you need help or advise here or elsewhere, you will get a similiar response.

 

Don't get your nickers in a wad. I knew that there were plenty of people here who knew better than I about which part you needed and that they would help you, which they did. If you can't have some fun here what is the use of posting?

 

By the way I get plenty of abuse here and it is just part of the fun.

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I've never had a problem with bone.

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anyone tried fossil mammoth bone for the nut?

 

Isn't that what TUSQ was originally supposed to emulate - i.e., a synthetic mammoth ivory? Haven't tried mammoth, but it sure intriques.

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I had a question, if you are palm mutting a cord somewhere on the fretboard( and chuggin away) desite what nut you are using will it have any effect on the sound?

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Hi all,

 

I've been of the site for a few months now, its been a crazy summer.

 

Anyway, I wanted to say sorry for getting a little bent out of shape on one of my previous posts on this thread. For a little background...that day I was changing strings on my early 70's Tele when the original nut (plastic I believe) cracked in half for no apparant reason. later in the day I was playing my 150 (Sunsetburst, Bare Knuckles pickups) I bought used a few months previous, I thought I had finally gotten the kinks out of it (2 setups, one after shipping, the 2nd due to the guitar tech missing an adjustment or two and then what I think was a grounding issue which I resolved on my own) when I noticed the open D would die immediately when muted and buzz when picked open, never noticed it before. The D string was lower than the rest. I was having a hair pulling moment at the time, lost my sense of humor for a while...two bad nuts (no pun intended) in one day.

 

Anyway, I had a bone nut installed on the 150, a local guitar builder carved the slots from a blank form. It is now all I had expected. Although since getting my 535, my 575 and 150 have been spending most of the time in their cases. Had the tele done at the same time with a plastic nut.

 

I need to do some catching up here, missed a lot in the last few months.

 

Regards, Pete

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