These are the Nut files I use for those that were asking during the premeire amzn.to/2IS9JoQ
@Leshismos
4 жыл бұрын
A couple of weeks ago, my guitar tutor was swapping between bone, tusq and plastic as part of his ever ongoing quest of tone. Having heard the 3 of them I can say that the bone was the worst, it sounded very dull. TUSQ was pretty good but it had a bit too much high frequencies and the plastic one was the most balanced of the three. That's my personal experience with nut material.
@ramencurry6672
Жыл бұрын
I’m a fan of bone and tusq but I have to admit my micarta nut on one of my guitars is fantastic. Gorgeous nut
@donnybrook8051
Жыл бұрын
I'm very particular about nuts. I don't like old nuts, because they usually have a stink to them (probably could be washed?). I'm not particularly fond of black nuts (prefer white). I definitely can't stand when nuts hang out too much, either. Personally, I get compliments all the time about my nuts. People say they're smooth to the touch and their hands never catch on them when they're running their hands up and down. My nuts are the best.
@bciecko1
4 жыл бұрын
I love how you really break down these topics. In the modern time full of connectivity and information it’s a lot easier to gain a huge perspective and start overlapping that experience to form actual truth and dispel myth. Great job Dylan.
@Zane_Doe
4 жыл бұрын
"Tusq and bone you can't tell the difference really". Well, I know I can't. That's why I've been using Tusq lately. I can't hear the difference, don't have to deal with the stink, they come in pre-slotted and pre-shaped sizes for most common guitars (which really cuts down on the work), and are self lubricating. It's a no brainer.
@TRGP331
4 жыл бұрын
These are exactly the reasons I use TUSQ nuts and recommend them to my customers.
@squirelova1815
4 жыл бұрын
Yes sir, we are living in the A.D. period too, if I am not mistaken. Still, some folks are fond of the "paleo" nuts for whatever reasons. Does bone even last longer(?) I just today was wondering?
@TylrVncnt
4 жыл бұрын
TUSQ is not self lubricating, it needs to be “TUSQ XL” or “Black TUSQ XL” in order to provide the lubrication - these are the *only* “models”/materials that actually have PTFE (Teflon) impregnated into its polymers Just a pro tip is all 👍 Cheers
@shash-onemanband6140
3 жыл бұрын
@Club Soda From a grave?
@generalawareness101
3 жыл бұрын
My 2004 Squier Stratocaster I am finally going to learn to play and the original nut was always horrible. I got Graphtech to tell me which one is a drop in replacement, but I don't know what height to make the bottom of the slots to the top of the first fret as? Once I get that done I can do the rest of the adjustments as I have the tools for that arriving tomorrow but the nut height I can't get a definite answer too. I know the TusQ XL 5010 is about 3-3.4mm taller and 2mm wider but the rest is drop in replacement. I don't want to have to touch the slots at all and they said I don't need to but what height?
@patricklennox9572
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks, Dylan. You are a voice of reason in a fanatical tone world. I keep asking, though, what is the deal with triple coil pickups? How does the third coil affect the hum factor?
@butteredbiskit3497
4 жыл бұрын
I always wonder why zero frets, brass, or some kind of metallic material isnt more popular because of the fact that open strings definately sound different than fretted strings.
@myhapylife
4 жыл бұрын
I am not an expert, I think zero fret is on the same level as the rest of the frets, and it can wear off faster than the rest of the frets, and when it wears just a little bit the string will be behind the first fret. I don't know, I think fret is harder to replace and it would wear off faster. The nut has little more space for wearing off and made of elastic materials. But on the other hand zero fret would sound the same as all other frets. I had few brass nuts and they have sounded similar to the rest of the frets, but they wear off really fast. Like G goes quickly under the first fret.
@michaelcottle6270
4 жыл бұрын
@bro Cetta good answer to a question I was thinking of asking. But, would a stainless steel zero fret solve or at least help with that?
@andymellor9056
4 жыл бұрын
A difference in response from an open string could be a good thing.
@myhapylife
4 жыл бұрын
@@michaelcottle6270 I don't have any experience with it. Maybe someone experienced as Dylan could tell. It can be more durable. I like the idea of the zero fret because it solves the problem of sharp notes at first few frets. But if the nut is well made it can be good without sharp notes. One solution is compensated nut.
@myhapylife
4 жыл бұрын
@@andymellor9056 I agree, it is good to try different types and decide what most suits you best.
@squirelova1815
4 жыл бұрын
'Lubed nuts lets your mojo move more freely." -Captain Obvious. "Nuts"-General Patton's reply for surrender.
@leonardkrasner5811
3 жыл бұрын
General Anthony McCaulife said nuts not Payton.
@squirelova1815
Жыл бұрын
Ah yes, good catch, well corrected, and definitely NOT "Payton" either.@@leonardkrasner5811
@klaymeister
4 жыл бұрын
I wore out a cheap plastic nut on a $300 bass in like a year. Every string change my action was lower lol
@cpamiseso
4 жыл бұрын
"Keep it below PG13 tho, we're talking about nuts here", nice pun LOL
@magicdaveable
4 жыл бұрын
I make bone nuts for all of my guitars. Solid, very dense, air dried. I have been making bone nuts for my guitars for about 30 years. I also make compensated bone bridges for my acoustics.
@derekscanlan4641
3 жыл бұрын
thing is...even the weakest part of a bone nut should be denser than any piece of tusq or plastic. also, bone looks and feels beautiful from an aesthetic pov
@ramencurry6672
3 жыл бұрын
I got a bone nut put on my Squire P bass. The repair man did a good job and it looks more elegant than the original stock bone nut.
@ramencurry6672
3 жыл бұрын
I’m also getting a bone nut for my Epiphone to replace the Corian nut. It probably might not make a difference but I like that hand carved bone vibe mojo. It’s the idea of something custom made for me.
@tungtobak
4 жыл бұрын
I really like metal nuts. You get the same sound from open strings compared to fretted.
@generalawareness101
3 жыл бұрын
I have heard bone, plastic, and TusqXL but never a metal nut. Plastic was the worse with TusqXL very audibly different when playing using a blind test (unlike what this guy is saying). Metal I would love to hear and I suspect it gives a metalic sound to it? Just guessing.
@airgliderz
3 жыл бұрын
@@generalawareness101 "I heard..." famous last words of a snake oil salesman...
@generalawareness101
3 жыл бұрын
@@airgliderz Tell you what I just put on a TusQXL 5010 and OMG, what a difference it made. I still haven't seen a metal nut. Wonder what it would be made out of? If the metal is too soft it would wear down lickety split. I suspect there is no such thing. Oh, and another thing with a metal nut and that is dissimilar metals will corrode each other (Galvanic corrosion) and damn fast too, so I think there is no such beast made by, or used by, any reputable guitar maker.
@ruka5805
3 жыл бұрын
Brass is definitely a winner for me, I got a hybrid guitar I put together les paul special shape guitar with a strat style neck and trem with one in. Plays like a dream. You play it unamped and it still sounds good.
@airgliderz
3 жыл бұрын
@@ruka5805 building my own LP style guitar, I carved out the back so it is comfy like a strat and modified where the neck connects to make it easier to play on high notes like a strat plus changed that awful Les Paul headstock straightened it out so its head won't pop off (breakoff at scarf joint) hate les Paul's necks and the awful uncomfortable back of the body squared off flat surfaces.
@An2oine
3 жыл бұрын
I was going to change my nut on my MIM Players strat for the hell of it. I guess not. Thanks!
@DaveZula
4 жыл бұрын
The other thing is that people grossly underestimate how much the nut can affect intonation & tuning stability if it’s not just right. I’ve had techs recommend all types of different remedies for these problems when the problem was the nut all along. Often when people think there’s a problem with their tuners it’s the nut. When you intonate your saddles but the intonation is still way off on the lower frets, it is probably the nut.
@skgate
2 жыл бұрын
my nut came from the factory with the high e string cut too far down so the string is always sliding off the frets. theres a reason to get a new nut
@anthonywestmoreland7707
4 жыл бұрын
Ive used about every nut material from actual ivory (vintage martin still had the original nut), to titanium, and even wood nuts. They all sound different whether its mild or extreme, but my favorite is tusq cause it sounds super close to bone but is more stable. Titanium nuts are cool too cause they basically never wear down, and there adjustable. Nylon nuts can be good if cut right and lubricated properly. Which is really the best is hard to say, because its entirely personal preference. I like graphtech tusq cause it takes forever to wear down, and it self lubricates.
@ramencurry6672
Жыл бұрын
I like them all. Lately I’ve been enjoying a nut made out of micarta. Gorgeous nut
@bryantherocker
4 жыл бұрын
DEEZ NUTS
@soumyajit4409
4 жыл бұрын
This got me thinking, what are your thoughts on zero frets?
@williamthrasher8540
4 жыл бұрын
I also got the same thought about a zero fret so that all notes on the guitar has a fretted sound.
@edwardwu2749
4 жыл бұрын
Germans like 0 frets. There are some tuning advantages. However, you will need to replace it more often than tusq/bone materials. We are still talking about 10+ years between re-fretting the zero fret (Brian May of the Queens didn't re-fret it for nearly 40 years!) if you are playing a lot....
@ccchicken8889
4 жыл бұрын
I've built a few guitars with stainless steel 0 frets. It's my favored design.
@lone-wolf-1
4 жыл бұрын
My concern on zero frets were, that they are worn out faster as the frets. Because they get stringvibration and grind every single note played on that string. Even very slightly, but constantly. A stainless steel zero fret would prevent that, seems a good solution.
@squirelova1815
4 жыл бұрын
Yes, good question. I do know that Vigier now uses a sectional zero fret for easier sectional replacement as needed for a certain area if wear occurs, for one. Superb guitars those Vigiers.
@GreboGent
4 жыл бұрын
One of my favourite guitars is my jcx strat copy, I've had it 12 years and it was my first electric guitar, it still has the original plastic nut and plays great, I also have an 80s strat copy with what looks like the original plastic nut which also plays/sounds great, it also has the original p'ups and a plywood body! It's my main gigging guitar too :)
@jrrlovecraft6505
4 жыл бұрын
I changed all my plastic nuts on Gibson-style headstocks with Tusq as well as added a string butler to each one (about $50 - $70 per guitar depending on options). Cannot speak to whether or not the tone is any different, my primary gripe was the inability to stay in tune after doing a full bend, especially on the G and B strings. The 2 with Bigsby's still need graphite-coated bridge saddles to help fix this problem. Basically a bad headstock design by Gibson, otherwise I love these instruments. Another reason to build your own or buy used and then upgrade.
@ramencurry6672
3 жыл бұрын
If it was previously a corian or micarta nut it probably sounds the same as tusk or bone. The expensive Heritage guitars use corian nuts so I assume it’s probably a good material
@glennlilley8608
4 жыл бұрын
I agree with you on the "if it ain't broke don't fix it thing " I just wonder if all the debate is genuine or, peer pressure or old fashioned snobbery Guess the debates will continue on every little minutiae
@airgliderz
3 жыл бұрын
Mostly snake oil based on myth with no blind testing or testing that has any measurable, usable, or actual value.
@mailvilla
4 жыл бұрын
03/16/2020: Hi Dylon. I am a beginner guitar player, and watch your videos. I love that you are on the road in your mobile home and still teaching. Would you mind telling your viewers where you are at each time you move? Such as what state and name of the lake in this video? Oh, it would be cool to do a fast camera scan of the area too ... anyway, I love your videos! Tom, in Orlando Florida (74 years old retired LEO).
@jeffthompson1869
4 жыл бұрын
I got cheap guitars with an average light plastic nuts. On electric - I replaced with brass - on acoustic I replaced with bone. They are bigger sounding and more musical to my ear. Tusq would be fine - however I found that bone blank is cheaper - and I did not have a problem with unevenness.
@ramencurry6672
3 жыл бұрын
I think the light plastic is fine like the corian and micrata types. As long as they are durable and not fragile, plastic is probably great in its own different way.
@jsonkody
9 ай бұрын
14:21 "BONE BONE BONE BONE BONE!" xD Those are probably necromancers ._.
@georgechapogas1054
4 жыл бұрын
For electrics I only play old strat pluses and their various series types, I like old R&B. I detest pedals plug straight in to a vintage twin mic to a board. Not like i am the only guy with steel nuts, Beck uses them as well but with traditional pickups pedals, marshalls and all the noise makers. I suspect he likes the sustain too, just dirty.. Important to me is vibrato and CLEAN sustain yet not a mention of the best Strats Fender ever made in my opinion. People complaining about their staying in tune with hip shots generally do not have a good set up. My out of the box purchased 89 plus had a set up when purchased and when the frets were done and has remained reliable in holding tuning and intonation. so why no mention?
@horacebond9394
4 жыл бұрын
George Chapogas start plus solves all these problems! Best guitar fender ever made. Seems to me metal is better, metal saddles, metal frets seems like metal nut would be better, hell fender used it for 11-12 years, yet folks resisted, added string trees when none were needed. Seems to me a string tree would add drag and lower sustain. My 1987 surf green Strat plus is by far the best guitar I have ever played
@georgechapogas1054
4 жыл бұрын
@@horacebond9394 Have an 88 Bahama green, and an 89 Raz Berry, plus a deluxe and ultra. All the people restarting Fender from CBS later became it's custom shop. Breaking from Don Lace was just dumb, they have never made a good pickup since. The question is, everyone I know loves them after playing them yet they are treated as junk. It is why I asked.
@horacebond9394
4 жыл бұрын
George Chapogas I have a Faux Ultra I made from parts. Found some NOS Fender Lace Ultra pickups. Got a custom pickguard from Xhefri’s guitars ( The Start Plus Expert bar none, not opinion, facts) Ultra neck and went with gold hardware since it wasn’t OG. Also have a Jeff Beck Strat but wired with controls from a 96 strat plus and Lace rainbow pack. Best set so far, I like them better than my gold lace. I hate the Beck neck though, tired out my left hand just trying to wield that beast
@georgechapogas1054
4 жыл бұрын
@@horacebond9394 jeff is my pusher man.
@horacebond9394
4 жыл бұрын
George Chapogas I tried listening to some Jeff neck, don’t understand it
@terryjohinke8065
4 жыл бұрын
All good comments on nuts Dylan. We had an old luthier who taught me to make a nut at age 13, in 1969, and it turned out to be ivory. Obviously illegal today , and I had a Fender Heavy pick made of ivory. Both great but wrong in a moral sense. Being an igorant kid i just bought what i thought was best at the time. I enjoyed this video and would've liked to see the guitar - looks like a shade of Mahogany like I'm building a Les Paul jr. out of ATM. Good advice on nuts. Cheers. Terry from Oz.
@ramencurry6672
7 ай бұрын
An ivory nut would be great if it’s an old stock from a 100 years ago before the problems
@sassycat
4 жыл бұрын
Is Corian a type of plastic?
@jerryfraker377
4 жыл бұрын
Love the nylon nuts on the gibson customs.
@kimmolingonheimo
2 жыл бұрын
finally my local shop is selling Graphtech TUSQ XL white nuts for Yamaha Pacifica! (Ive got 5 Yamahas...)🤓 I have one original plastic spare and a black Tusq XL, now ordered two white Tusq XLs, perfect measurements!! I tune very low with 9-sets so I think Ive got nuts for life!!!!! ( same goes for frets! and I use DUNLOP 65 String Cleaner/Conditioner for the strings, and its also good for fret polishing after the string handling!🤓
@mboyer68
4 жыл бұрын
Why would they call an upper bridge...a nut? Nut? I can't think of one single possible reason anyone would call that thing a nut. While we're on this topic...tuning machines? Some newb marketing guy got a job at a tuner manufacturing company and wanted to be a bigshot..so he started calling the tuners...tuning machines. A screw/inclined plane with a 90° gear setup is not a machine. But some people went with it. Followers...non thinkers. They're tuners. Anyhow..if anyone knows why the upper bridge is called a nut then please let me know. Thank you:)
@KingGaming-oi1ir
2 жыл бұрын
I bought a brand new Jackson Pro Series Misha Mansoor Juggernaut a couple of months ago, and right out of the box, it will not stay in tune after any kind of bends. The nut is plastic. Misha Mansoor's USA version of the same guitar has the TUSQ nut. Is it the nut? Is it the Jackson locking tuners and nut? What would you suggest doing first?
@Left-Earth
3 жыл бұрын
A good plastic nut will suffice for my style and choice of tonewoods. I think a solid plastic nut can give a warmth to open notes, compared to other options.
@nazmoking3171
4 жыл бұрын
We all know we don't get sound samples on your videos🤤
@rutiger6901
2 жыл бұрын
I play guitar for MY OWN solitary enjoyment. I favour entry level instruments because they're cheap and you can sure make them superb by doing lots of DIY mostly to the neck. I find that the very best performance enhancing upgrades every one of my cheap guitars NEEDS us not one dam thing at all. Pup upgrades are extremely underwhelming. Ivetried that. Cheap pots have NEVER let me down and they ALWAYS work as intended. Tuners NEVER need replacing. Replacing a plastic nut is Pointless, that changes nothing. A cheap bridge is AS effective as any other regardless of price. And so on and so on. The magic in a guitar is in how perfectly you can align the neck in its pocket with the wooden body. All the other stuff is incidental. Except tuners if you're on stage you need GOOD tuners.
@JeanMarceaux
2 жыл бұрын
Disliked and unsubbed. Reason: Dylan didn't say "deez nuts" once throughout the video. Jokes aside, that was a very informative and comprehensive video, talking from the standpoint of practicality rather than esoteric matter. I can now start considering new nuts for two of my instruments. I will probably go with tusq for the fixed bridge one (or I may get brass, who knows; it's an 80s Gibson, it already kinda has brass bridge) and graphite for my Wilkinson trem equipped one.
@GuitarQuackery
2 жыл бұрын
Interestingly, on orchestral string instruments the hut is a piece of ebony, same as the fret board... excuse me... that would be finger board. ON those instruments I think it would really matter for tone if the nut was not the same as the fret b... man, I keep wanting to say fret board... finger board. But that's because of how we play those instrument, resorting a lot more to open strings than when we play a solo on a guitar. Although it could be argued that an open string does not produce the same tone as string that is pinched down onto a flat ebony surface by a soft finger.
@ctrent9742
4 жыл бұрын
A lot of opinions on tone are based on rumor or superstition. I like your videos, because they're based on common sense and fact. I've been playing for more than 50 years and own an awful lot of guitars. I've made a lot of modifications to guitars that didn't really make a difference. Now, I replace something if it is broken or truly is a problem. If the guitar sounds good, play it. You may know that a certain Austin, Tx guitar player says he can hear the difference in tone, when a pedal has an Energizer instead of a Duracell battery. He's a great player, but a little bit nuts.
@GuttlinGuitars
4 жыл бұрын
good point on the variety of density in bone. I cut my blanks from actual bones I get from the butcher. A lot of that raw material consists of spungy, fat containing bone. and yes, dense bone blanks don't need to be coloured white, they are white.
@bradleyshuppert3393
3 жыл бұрын
The nut provides string spacing for fingering and also allows the string to slide while bending.... it doesn’t change the tone unless you are playing ALL open strings.... you are hearing the FRETS and the wood behind the frets.....and the material the strings are made of and how it interacts with the magnets and pickup composition.....this is heard first before anything the nut could be made from....period..... sorry.... not sorry....
@reds7vn644
3 жыл бұрын
I find the whole tone guitar setup thing kind of comical. The reason I say that if you look at all the guitar grades Chuck Berry, Chet Atkins, Hendrix, Clapton Gilmore, SRV, and Leadbelly..... do you honestly think for a single moment any of them are chasing tone??? Yeah they were looking for a sound but they weren't going out and having guitars custom built trying to get incredible sustain or toned. Hell srv's number one was an unwanted guitar and he was told when he picked it out at the shop that he picked the biggest dud there was. Other than changing the strings in the neck SRV never did anything to that guitar. It's a whole lot of marketing hype. It's if you want the blonde guitar test they do wear these so-called cheap guitars beat out guitars that cost $1000+. It all falls into that tunnel wood BS that went around for decades and now we know it's just bad complete BS. When you watch all these videos that guys do and they run it through the computer programs and they see how much sustain you're actually gaining by doing modifications to your guitar and it's virtually indistinguishable to the human ear.
@RandyFricke
2 жыл бұрын
About nut material. As has already been covered, the strings on a guitar need to be fretted for it to make melody and chords. To be played. Once a string is fretted it takes the nut out of the equation which really makes nut material a moot point. My 2¢ for what it's worth.
@klauscottonswab2322
3 жыл бұрын
The bursts had a Nylon nut.. Nylon is slippery.. Is Nylon considered a "Plastic"? i dunno😂 have to look that up..
@TempoDrift1480
2 жыл бұрын
Not to be a Karen cause I'm most certainly not a Karen but if you think about it, using the bone of a cow that was otherwise slaughtered for whatever else is a thousand times more environmentally friendly than Tusq if you consider the manufacturing process, machines, lights, pop machines, employee lounge with The View playing... Seems like using what would be discarded bone would make more sense. I only post this comment as a conversation, not a Karen rant. Carry On.
@Thomas_Geist
3 жыл бұрын
Dylan. I a bass player. I don't do six string, but I bought a Strat Player to play slide. Probably in retrospect not the best choice. I put another spring in the wammy gizmo to basically lock that, got 12's (maybe overkill) and reset the saddles so the strings are level, and redid the intonation. That much I could handle. I was wondering if I should replace the nut with a flat one AND can I buy one already made for a.Strat of do I have to get a luthier to create one? OR...I've heard of things to place over the existing nut to raise it a bit and flatten it out. TI wanted it dedicated to slide in Open D and I've learned myself how to set it up...except for the nut thing and you sound like the guy to ask.
@alexcorona
2 жыл бұрын
I use dominos, it’s a poor man’s Tusq that sounds identical to it…. The height and width are already perfect, just cut to length and file.
@thi_avatar69420
2 жыл бұрын
Deeeeeezzzzzz nnnuuuuttzzzz Lol @ brass being hard to work with. It easily cuts with a hacksaw and readily takes being filed or sanded with 80 grit.
@georgerobartes5989
2 жыл бұрын
I do not use bone unless it's a restoration. The reason I don't use bone is you must ask if the person is concerned about using animal material . I make brass and aluminium ( from 6082T6) use Tusq or graphite depending on how the guitar is set up . I like working brass , it's also a self lubricating alloy which is why it's used for plain bearings with steel shafts , and will use brass if there is gold hardware on the guitar . It's available in 3mm flat for metric Srat types and 1/8" flat for Imperial or US Strat types . As is aluminium and also in 3/16" and 5mm flat thicknesses for everything else . I will use brass on bass guitars purely for tone reasons . It's like adding a whole pile of missing frequencies to a really woollen sound . Aluminium is great as the engineer grades are tough and nice to work light and polished look great with nickel or even chrome plated hardware . I've no idea what grade of alloy was used on an original Danelectro but certainly the 6082 T6 is another tone generator and I'm guessing this may have been the single most expensive thing to make for the Dano guitars by weight . Shape it , slot it , and drill a hole in it for fixing before adjusting for height . That is a job , but they sound great ! Stainless steel I have not tried as all of it is difficult to work and the stuff that is available in flat is usually quite rough in finish , which means every face needs polishing. I have used it for neck plates on bolt on necks and left the edges and sides as linished , like a brushed finish . And use countersunk stainless hex screws and stainless inserts in the neck itself , anything better is a one piece through neck design .
@kennethcrickmore7858
3 жыл бұрын
In my Strat build I'm shangine out the cheap plastic bagly cut nut to a new titanium pre-slotted nut for it's hardness and clarity I expect from it because of the density, strength and smoothness when it's cut and polished and then set in the neck right and with the trem upgrade along with all the other mods I'm doing (pots,pick ups, added pieso's etc....) most of the tone in in the electronics and their configuration and adjustment anyway..right ad in the amp settings and whatever pedals.you may use and the rest like so called "ToneWood" is virtually irrelevant...
@nickjoseph5224
Жыл бұрын
Personally, having made bone nuts and swapped out graphtec and graphite composite nuts, I would respectfully disagree with Dylan.There was a definite overall change in the guitar tone all over the fingerboard. Graphtec reduced the bass tones and made them thinner, especially unamplified, compared to the original graphite composite. Yes it was similar to bone but with harsher highs.The original nut had softer more muted highs. Placing a bone nut on a les Paul Epiphone gave a somewhat brighter tone overall as compared to the more mellow plastic original. Using a graphite composite on the same guitar gave slightly more bass and softer highs. I guess it's an endless debate.
@hydromanrapmetal4992
4 жыл бұрын
Thank You For That Info, Much Appreciated.
@magnusfox777
3 жыл бұрын
So why is a Graphite Nut good for a Tremolo arm ? Im getting a vibrato system put on my tele so I'm very Intrigued. Thanks Dylan.
@BigPhi84
4 жыл бұрын
14:21 Ah, a fan of Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, I see.
@dizzydad4708
3 жыл бұрын
I have tried plastic, bone, and brass and honestly my ears pick up no difference, but man I was disappointed in the brass. The strings bit right in to that sucker and would really be a pain in the ass to tune at times. I am thinking of going with a high carbon steel for shits and giggles sometime in the future just to see what happens
@marknorman706
3 жыл бұрын
Graphite nuts? Resin with graphite powder, or resin with graphite layered fibers in which quality is measured in modulus such as 40 to 90 tons?
@007Fenderstrat
Жыл бұрын
Take the plastic nut off your guitar and fill the empty chambers of the nut with wood filler and see the magic result .Matt from Sandymount in the Emerald Isle begorra/ just remember all theearly greats of rock n roll survived without locking tuners ,tusk nuts trees and top of the range pickups and pedalboards and must have this that and the other, rock is king diddly eye 👁
@bobtheblindbedroomguitaris8742
4 жыл бұрын
? Dylan? How does wood intone wise affect a hollow-body electric if it does at all? I have a brand new guitar I just purchased the game the other day and Gretchen is has a graphtech nubone on it I haven't played it enough to really have any opinion either way I have one gets in with a tektoid nut and to be honest I haven't even looked up to see what that is I have another Gibson with a Corian not I also have a cheap guitar with a plastic not a strat copy and then I have another Guitar let's say the Ibanez from the 60s that is a bonus and you know I know just from working with bone my dad used to make hash pipes and other stuff out of bone the small business and the inner like you said there's lots of porous striations that runs through bone its density is not consistent in any way shape of form and like you said it's like a sponge you know there's no part of that. That's going to be completely dense and equal intensity throughout the material. And you mentioned also once you borrow chords and not doesn't mean anything once you rather know than not doesn't mean anything so yeahbut I'm still curious??? About what wood has to do Town boys if if at all in a hollow body archtop guitar electric thank you please excuse typos misspelled words etc legally blind using Speech-to-Text which says and does what it wants to all the time and PS Dylan you're on a lake and you have motor boats and stuff going by I know you're were into Motorsports I was too until I started to go blind I was a huge biker on a bike a fan I had always had like muscle cars I'm 6 days so you know I was at the end of that and anyway I'm blabbering but yeah you know you probably enjoy the different sounds of the motors on the motorboats I would think anyway sincerely yours, Bob the blind bedroom guitarist
@DoctorWhomThe1st
3 жыл бұрын
I have a lot of electrics and I don't notice a major difference in materials except the cheap plastic. On a DIY kit strat I had it had plastic until I replaced it with graphite, but it broke, then I either got tusq or bone and it's held up great. Other guitars I can't tell you what it is but I'm curious about using metal material for longevity sake. However after hearing this I might be better off with tusq.
@willster7272
2 жыл бұрын
I bought a used squire Jazz Bass and it had a semi hollow plastic nut I replaced it with bleached bone nut blank and it made a difference if vibration flowing throughout the body
@WillVRam
2 жыл бұрын
3:05 good point 4:39 based on your experience or some studies? To remember: 4:47 - the problem is that cheap guitars comes with cheap palstic ABS, not desne, and soemtiems even nhollow.
@reedlancaster4057
4 жыл бұрын
I use bone for non-vibrato guitars like my Gibsons, and on my some of my older vintage acoustics. I definitely prefer tusq or graphite for any vibrato bridge equipped guitar. I like the way bone looks and enjoy its varying striations on my Les Pauls, etc. Bone certainly is porous and not as consistent as man made materials but that's why I still dig it on non-vibrato bridge instruments. There's a very good reason why Bob Taylor uses tusq, and PRS graphite like our man Dylan tells us-function and consistency!
@paulkielt9301
4 жыл бұрын
Who is nuts?
@vacuity34
4 ай бұрын
One thing I like about plastic nuts is that they "turn off" the sound of the strings in the air. For me, I usually use chords in combination with certain strings in the air and when sounding more muted, and in combination with some saddles of brass, it makes the chords sound brighter and the notes in the air sound like a complement to what I do with my fingers. good video, chears!
@bradsims7089
2 жыл бұрын
I took the nut out of my player series Strat 2 days ago. It fell to pieces the second I tried to pull it out. It was only about 18 months old but I'm glad I replaced it. My 2008 MIM strat had stronger material than the player series. It was 12 years old when I changed it and it managed to come out in only 2 pieces.
@bydemonsbedriven803
3 жыл бұрын
Tonally I don’t think there is a huge difference between any of those materials. Brass is a little brighter obviously but otherwise I think they are generally about the same. Plastic can cause your strings to sound a little more dead with open strumming and may be a slight loss in sustain but you would really have to be paying close attention to notice it Imho… I have had plastic actually crack and break on me though. I would imagine it’s probably from stress over time with environmental changes, plastic has a tendency to heat up and cool off and weaken overtime. Now a friend of mine has a custom-made Jackson with stainless steel frets and a stainless steel nut and it is not a locking nut it is a normal nut that is made from stainless steel. There is definitely a tonal difference with that guitar but I suspect it probably has more to do with the frets then it does the nut. Guitars are just like Automobiles, it’s a marriage of many parts all functioning together to create a harmonious outcome. You’re not gonna change the air filter on your car and gain 100 hp no more than you will change your nut on your guitar and gain some huge difference in tone.. if you want to change the tone of your guitar change your pickups…
@pass_the_flask
9 ай бұрын
Tusq is best. Have had guitars sit around for years without any lubrication, restring it - still smooth as silk when tuning and that's what matters in my opinion. It's all about tuning stability.
@gsbguitarsgsb679
Жыл бұрын
I’ve been sold on tusk from the first time I tried it. I have a fender roller nut I want to try but it’s installation requires modification to the nut area on the neck, removing wood in other words. So I have been hesitant on that until I feel confident I wont screw it up. lol… Nice lake view btw. Do any fishing?
@dimsonvenus684
Жыл бұрын
The only rule i follow is use only what you can afford .Whatever others say doesnt matter if you cant afford it.But Synthetic bone PPS works fine for me .
@rjohnson1690
4 жыл бұрын
What about bronze? Bronze would not wear like brass, it lubricates better than brass, and as a material it would sound better. Maybe it’s too hard? Idk, nut tone is up there with the nitrocellulose vs polyurethane tone argument.
@kennethcohagen3539
2 жыл бұрын
Aww nuts! Lol. I’m changing one of mine out. Any chance you’ll be coming through Phoenix?
@killerbeuk
Жыл бұрын
Hear you talking brass now but one could take nickel, tungsten, anodized aluminium, or even some industrial ceramics?
@johnniedelrio
2 жыл бұрын
I hear out of tune strings when I play open and closed strings. On all my electric guitars. They are in tune open according to the tuner but when I play an open D. Or C. For example it sounds out of tune. Is it the nut? The frets? Btw these are new guitars. I keep returning them to G C.
@NotOrdinaryInGames
2 жыл бұрын
It does not matter what anyone thinks; the only correct choice is metal. Nothing else makes as much sense.
@matthewfanning3350
2 жыл бұрын
Chris at highline guitars uses water buffalo horn. But you consider that the same problems as bone? Thanks
@gatorgrass3
2 жыл бұрын
Wow I have a thinline classic vibe thinline telecaster and intonation issues, so I like the zero fret, so I cut the nut low and grooved the nut on the fret side and listen to this used a brass wire wound low E string shaped it to fit and it has the best sound and intonation of all my guitars, I wish I could send a picture, the wire wounds lock the strings grooves so no string nut moves twang from side to side and the sound is from an HH Squier shawbucker,,sound clear string sound plus the pickup sound added to it sharp string tones and the pickup sound together, love it , want to go brass compensated nut due to the hate from money people but I don't see it wearing out for a long time and the brass e string nut forms the curve of the neck so perfectly its just to easy to pass up please respond back and can you try this as well and give me your expert opinion of the best way to do this again, I'm not a dummy with an Low E string shoved next to my nut hahaha its not a joke I'm so curious of your opinion on this after doing it and hearing it. Thank you my music intonation friend, it's the most important pice of music being in tune 😆
@marks2254
6 ай бұрын
What he says about the non uniform density of bone is true. I’ve actually got a bleached bone saddle blank I can see light through in places.
@moonlitmurloc
2 жыл бұрын
Once you have chosen your prefered material, try to get the nuts made in USA. IMO the worst ones are Sugondese.
@avh9394
3 жыл бұрын
Have you ever used a Fender LSR nut? Installed one? Used it? What's the dealio D?
@crnogor
Жыл бұрын
HI Dylan ! What you will say about domestic cow horn ( tusk , as you mentioned ) ?
@DougHinVA
Жыл бұрын
in 2022... NuBone is cheaper than bone and has no dead spots at all, so no need at all for expensive GraphTech or cheap plastic.
@KyLesCaster
3 жыл бұрын
There is nothing that will turn you away from picking up your guitar more than one you have to re-tune every 10 minutes. Fix your nuts
@billsheehan5583
2 жыл бұрын
As far as the bone nut density theory is concerned I have to disagree. The type of bone used for nuts is more like a fibrous yet somewhat brittle hardwood (think hard maple). The nuts are going to be cut in line with the fibers of the bone so the long side of the nut will be with the grain as opposed to against the grain. The density should be pretty consistent throughout.
@bennyg2058
4 жыл бұрын
Am I the only one who owns a guitar with a Wilkinson roller nut? My guitar is an '87 Strat Plus.
@ccjmusic
4 жыл бұрын
I may be being dense here (no pun intended) but why does a nut make a difference to tone but the body wood doesn't? No, I'm not a believer in tone wood. Just curious about the physics of it.
@pastorkev777
4 жыл бұрын
It affect open notes. If a brass nut is heavy enough it may affect more. Play a open not the a string then play C on 3rd fret. The fretted note is brighter due to density, which influences the resonance frequency.
@Leo_ofRedKeep
4 жыл бұрын
Because the strings rest directly on it when played open. The same goes for fret or saddle material.
@ccjmusic
4 жыл бұрын
@@Leo_ofRedKeep that is the part that confuses me. The nut is directly connected to the neck so shouldn't that in turn absorb some of the energy depending on wood density? I can see it making a difference on an acoustic, but not so much an electric.
@Leo_ofRedKeep
4 жыл бұрын
@@ccjmusic I guess it does a little but this is a secondary level. The neck is connected to the player too and no one says that soft fat hands sound different. Maybe there should be a study comparing the tone of fat and skinny players. The thing is, if you strike an anvil placed on soft ground, it still sounds like an anvil. And maybe this is where density comes into play.
@ccjmusic
4 жыл бұрын
@@Leo_ofRedKeep the anvil analogy made it clearer. Thanks Leo. Loved the fat hands comment.
@kencohagen4967
4 жыл бұрын
Ok, what about the nuts that have a fret attacked to them? Like the ones they sell, at a place that has an S and an M in the name. Sorry, don't know if you sell nuts, so I'll refrain from the name. But the point is... what about the nut that has a fret wire attached to it?
@JC-ot1ki
3 жыл бұрын
Brass, why didn't you talk about brass nuts. Picked up a les paul for 60 at a pawn shop in 80, it has a
@KAMIKAZIkilinem
Жыл бұрын
Wondering if a bass nut would work well on a gretsch with a tremolo or if it will wear quickly.
@freiermann7
4 жыл бұрын
Only thing I don't like about bone nuts is when you shape them and sand them it smells awful. Same with antler.
@kimhwang3610
3 жыл бұрын
How bout floyd locking nut it's metal material right? So is it the same as brass nut?
@kodafixed
Жыл бұрын
re: bone and its pourousness and variable density, I wonder about using stabilized bone.
@the_nondrive_side
4 жыл бұрын
I like brass nuts and zero frets. But I like brass because it looks cool and takes forever to shape so it's not gonna wear out like plastic or crack like bone. Not a fan of locking or roller nuts.
@sneakerhead6184
2 жыл бұрын
I use Graphtech nuts in all my guitars 👍 great products!!
@grahamthompson4493
Жыл бұрын
So sad the passing of Jeff Beck he used a Wilkinson nut What is your opinion of those Dylan ?
@kevindavis7407
2 жыл бұрын
When I was working as a product design engineer, I used a plastic called Ryton PPS (polyphenylene sulfide). I chose it because the application required it to retain its strength at temperatures around 300°F or so. One of its characteristics was that if you dropped a sample on a desk it would 'ring' almost like glass. I've always wondered how it would do as a guitar nut (or saddle on an acoustic guitar), since it was so hard and resonant. Don't know about lubricity though. It was a relatively expensive plastic and needed properly controlled processing to get its best performance.
@sniperturtle1
Жыл бұрын
That's the new business, in the tone world, we need! That stuff is like $400 for a 12x24x0.25 piece...
@onedayapp3534
Жыл бұрын
I really noticed the diference when I changed my cheap plastic nut to bone, like a lot.
@charlesco689
4 жыл бұрын
The first premisse you've stated is just wrong. The nut will ALWAYS be on the math of the resultant tone just because it IS ALWAYS THERE. When you press a note over a fret, the string will still be pressing the nut, so it will affect the resultant harmonics of the tone. Sorry if I sounded harsh, but i'm really tired of that mistake. I know some will not hear the difference, and some will take a great sound out their instruments even with cheap plastic. But the thing here is: IT JUST MAKES DIFFERENCE ALL THE TIME. Please!
@DylanTalksTone
4 жыл бұрын
..... uh.... nope
@urideemer4333
2 жыл бұрын
I feel STRONGLY both ways.
@phasmoid666
4 жыл бұрын
Tusq rules, have it on all my guitars except for my Danos that have aluminum.
@dadcovey2016
Жыл бұрын
I've used deer antler, worked really well, antler is used for bridges on violins or so I've heard
@volkersessler8976
3 жыл бұрын
Is Corian Tusq-like Material? Is the question.
@jsyoukr1
3 жыл бұрын
i mean bone nuts are only useful if you play open chords. Once you move to the first fret, well then your fret becomes the nut
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