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Does anyone have any experience with Tusq nuts on their archtops? About to replace a damaged nut on my guitar and have always used bone before, but was interested in the community's thoughts around pros and cons of Tusq vs bone.
Thanks
Gary
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02-12-2020 05:49 AM
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I did have Graphtech in my HSH Strat in past.
Really really fine nut.
Can't complain about it.
I see most of people don't like this syntetic matherials.
But Graphtech was damn fine on my past HSH Strat.
Ofc most of people will say bone is better.
But Graphtech was solid on my HSH Strat.
Okey nut.
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I did saw a lot of people complain about strings cutting nut on syntetic nuts, after some time
My guitar was like super old. Didn't saw anything like it on my Graphtech.
But I did saw it on other types of syntetic nuts.
But mine Graphtech did okey job.
Ofc there are better solutions.
But it was okey nut.
Not best, not worst.
It did get the job done.
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I have a Tusq nut on an acoustic guitar. Works fine. No complaints.
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I have a tusq nut on my Godin. It does what a nut is supposed to do. The guitar plays well and sounds good, but I haven't compared it to another nut.
My only data point on nut materials is the original plastic (worn slots) vs a replacement bone nut in my strat. I don't think the material made a difference in sound, but the bone has lasted much longer.
John
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I never understood the obsession about nut material.
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If you are happy with bone, continue using it.
I was "lucky" that all my guitars were from syntetic nuts so I never used bone on my own guitar ....
I was happy with syntetic, I don't feel need to change.
If you are happy with bone, continue using it.
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Bone can be repaired easily enough using either cyanoacrylate or UV-cured resin. I don't know how well that would work with Tusq, because I've never tried it. Other than that, I don't believe there is much, if any, difference in practice.
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Really not a huge deal at all once you fret the string it is all over. I don't see alot of difference between the synthetics and bone and frankly I use ebony sometimes. Ebony makes a nice nut files beautifully and easy to work with, plus I have a huge box of scrape ebony the I can makes maybe 100's of them for nothing. I do avoid it on the traditional carve tops because it just "look's odd" to the untrained.
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Originally Posted by deacon Mark
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Tusq nuts are great, affordable and easy to work with. They sound similar to bone so my personal choice is Tusq.
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My ES-125 sounds great with a bone nut. My ES-333 sounds great with a tusk nut. My Ibanez AF-55, Epiphone Sheraton II, Furch G-100 and Framus Caravelle sound great with plastic/nylon nuts..... hmm.....
So..... I tend to think that a well cut nut is much more important than the nut material.
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Nothing beats a bone nut cut from the skulls of your dead enemies, just like the Vikings used to do.
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Originally Posted by lammie200
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In a blind A B test I don't think anyone could hear the difference.
I use Corian, I got a small chunk leftover from my brothers countertop job.
Easy to work and cost me nothing.
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Originally Posted by lammie200
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Originally Posted by Woody Sound
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Originally Posted by Tal_175
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Originally Posted by lammie200
I think the context of the thread is not whether a guitar with tusq or bone nut can be in tune, but how they affect the sound (vibration characteristics as you put it). So the test I suggested addresses that issue.
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Originally Posted by Tal_175
Yours may address the nut material. Granted some nuts may be easier to set up based on the material. I have tusq and bone. They both work, but I think that tusq is more homogeneous, by the fact that when you drop it it makes a very consistent sound. I don't think that you will get the same results by dropping bone nuts.
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Originally Posted by lammie200
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Originally Posted by Woody Sound
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Originally Posted by Woody Sound
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I remember when brass nuts were the rage back around 1980 or so. That fad quickly faded.
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Maybe I should try it. Seems I'm always over filing a slot and the tougher material would slow me down.
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